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In 2018, Coville began re-releasing the series in seven volumes, lightly revising ''Dark Whispers'' and ''The Last Hunt'' and splitting them into two (''Enter the Whisperer'' and ''The Secret of the Delvers'') and three books each, to give the entire series a more uniform length per book.
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* TokenHeroicOrc: Nedzik, later known as Rocky, gives Cara and her friends help in the first book, and later refuses to attack M'Gama's home in order to get an item they need to make Beloved's invasion easier. For it, he's stripped of his name and imprisoned, but he winds up joining Cara in escaping when she's thrown in the same prison cell. [[spoiler:It later turns out his teacher Namza was also one, and Rocky's cousins join him later; these actions later culminate in his becoming the new king after the Whisperer is killed and the delvers as a whole pull a HeelRaceTurn.]]
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* ActionGirl: Several, including Belle, and M'Gama.
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* ActionGirl: Several, including Belle, Belle and M'Gama.
* AffectionateNickname: In book 3, Cara admits that her father used to call her "Pookie".
* AmicableExes: The Blind Man and his wife, whom he banished to the Rainbow Prison, in book 3. "Felicity", as she calls herself, admits that she betrayed him, but they still have a fondness for one another and are willing to work together.
* AnArmAndALeg: Narrowly averted in book 3 when Medafil's wing is nearly torn from his side when he gets stuck in a tight spot in the delvers' caves. Luckily, it's healed when they meet up with Belle.
* AndThisIsFor: [[spoiler:Fallon gets into this when he fights the Whisperer in book 4. "This is for my ''alahim''!" "And this is for my unicorns!" "This," "''this'' one is for the delvers!"]]
* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:The Dimblethum turns out to be Elihu, Luster's creator, who was friends with Lightfoot. Later, Ian Hunter spends time traveling with Fallon, who turns out to be a Greater Power on the same level as Elihu before both of them were cast out for Elihu's rule breaking.]]
* AnArmAndALeg: Narrowly averted in book 3 when Medafil's wing is nearly torn from his side when he gets stuck in a tight spot in the delvers' caves. Luckily, it's healed when they meet up with Belle.
* AndThisIsFor: [[spoiler:Fallon gets into this when he fights the Whisperer in book 4. "This is for my ''alahim''!" "And this is for my unicorns!" "This," "''this'' one is for the delvers!"]]
* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:The Dimblethum turns out to be Elihu, Luster's creator, who was friends with Lightfoot. Later, Ian Hunter spends time traveling with Fallon, who turns out to be a Greater Power on the same level as Elihu before both of them were cast out for Elihu's rule breaking.]]
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** [[spoiler:The Dimblethum started out human before assuming his current shape.]]
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** [[spoiler:The Dimblethum started out human as Elihu, one of the Great Powers and resembling a human, before assuming being forced into his current shape.shape as punishment for officiating the unicorns' Purification Ceremony. After being manipulated by the Whisperer, he turns back into his normal state, but later sacrifices that to change Cara into a unicorn. Fallon later takes his Transformational Magic on himself, becoming the second Dimblethum so Elihu can again assume human form and use his powers to save Luster.]]
** [[spoiler:Graumag of the dragons is actually a human transformed by her stepmother.]]
** [[spoiler:Graumag of the dragons is actually a human transformed by her stepmother.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In the final battle of book 4, the centaurs arrive at the last minute to help the unicorns facing the Hunters and Delvers.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: In book 4 [[spoiler:the Hunters are defeated, Luster is saved from being destroyed, Rocky becomes the king of the delvers, and Cara's parents finally reunite. But... Cara has to MercyKill Beloved and is stuck in unicorn form, meaning she can never return to Earth and neither can her parents, the Dimblethum is dead, and M'Gama and Zamza are comatose while helping the world heal.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: In book 4 [[spoiler:the Hunters are defeated, Luster is saved from being destroyed, Rocky becomes the king of the delvers, and Cara's parents finally reunite. But... Cara has to MercyKill Beloved and is stuck in unicorn form, meaning she can never return to Earth and neither can her parents, the original Dimblethum is dead, and M'Gama and Zamza Namza are comatose while helping the world heal.]]
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* CantArgueWithElves: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:The reason why the unicorns are so pure of heart and suffering from ChronicHeroSyndrome is because they forcibly removed their flaws and negative traits, as revealed in book 3. Said whispers are the combination of those flaws, still living and acting as TheCorrupter to anyone who will listen.]]
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* CannotTellALie: Dragons. [[spoiler:Which proves a problem when Amalia gave them the wrong directions to the final battlefield, and Firethroat and Graumag passed those same directions on to the centaurs, leading to their going the wrong way. Luckily, once she found out the truth, Firethroat went to get them.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:The reason why the unicorns are so pure of heart and suffering from ChronicHeroSyndrome is because after Whiteling's death and the surge of negative emotions they felt afterward, they forcibly removed their flaws and negative traits, as revealed in book 3. Said whispers are the combination of those flaws, still living and acting as TheCorrupter to anyone who will listen.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:The reason why the unicorns are so pure of heart and suffering from ChronicHeroSyndrome is because after Whiteling's death and the surge of negative emotions they felt afterward, they forcibly removed their flaws and negative traits, as revealed in book 3. Said whispers are the combination of those flaws, still living and acting as TheCorrupter to anyone who will listen.]]
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Unicorns are drawn to distressed maidens by instinct ([[spoiler:this is how Moonheart first meets "Ivy Morris", by the way]]). Knowing this, Hunters often use young girls as bait to lure out unicorns.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Unicorns are drawn to distressed maidens by instinct ([[spoiler:this is how Moonheart first meets "Ivy Morris", by the way]]). Knowing this, Hunters often use young girls as bait to lure out unicorns.unicorns; in book 4, they even bring a group of them, the Maidens of the Hunt, to Luster for that purpose.
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Dimblethum is manipulated into this by the Whisperer.]]
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* TheExile: [[spoiler:Elihu was exiled from Paradise for creating a world of his own, and punished further for officiating the Purification Ceremony of the unicorns. Fallon was exiled for knowing of Elihu's actions and not reporting him.]]
* EyeScream:
** In book 3, Ian Hunter meets the Blind Man, who once traded his eyesight for knowledge. He forces Ian into a deal to lend him ''his'' sight from time to time in exchange for knowledge as well.
** The Chiron traded an eye to extend his life, placing his life-force within an egg.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Dimblethum is manipulated into this by theWhisperer.Whisperer, on the grounds that a great betrayal is needed to create the gate through the Axis Mundi.]]
* EyeScream:
** In book 3, Ian Hunter meets the Blind Man, who once traded his eyesight for knowledge. He forces Ian into a deal to lend him ''his'' sight from time to time in exchange for knowledge as well.
** The Chiron traded an eye to extend his life, placing his life-force within an egg.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Dimblethum is manipulated into this by the
* FinalBattle: Happens between the unicorns and Hunters in book 4, with two dragons, the centaurs, and some other humans on the unicorns' side, and most of the delvers aiding the Hunters.
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* ForcedSleep: In book 2, when Ivy Morris's story of how she first came to Luster, Moonheart mentions that the Hunter who came after she and him was placed into one of these by the other unicorns who came to rescue them. As far as he knows, Martin Hunter is ''still'' in that sleeping state.
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* ForcedSleep: ForcedSleep:
** In book 2, when Ivy Morris's story of how she first came to Luster, Moonheart mentions that the Hunter who came after she and him was placed into one of these by the other unicorns who came to rescue them. As far as he knows, Martin Hunter is ''still'' in that sleeping state.
** [[spoiler:After the final battle in book 4, it's decided that the surviving Hunters who are still loyal to Beloved will be placed in the same state and join Martin in his cave.]]
** In book 2, when Ivy Morris's story of how she first came to Luster, Moonheart mentions that the Hunter who came after she and him was placed into one of these by the other unicorns who came to rescue them. As far as he knows, Martin Hunter is ''still'' in that sleeping state.
** [[spoiler:After the final battle in book 4, it's decided that the surviving Hunters who are still loyal to Beloved will be placed in the same state and join Martin in his cave.]]
* TheGhost: Of Luster's seven dragons, all are named, but only three are actually seen in the present day, and Bronzeclaw appears in a flashback, leaving the other three - Redrage, Fah Leing and Master Bloodtongue - as this. [[spoiler:The eighth dragon, whose existence is only revealed in the final chapters of book 4, doesn't even get named.]]
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* GrumpyOldMan: Moonheart. He's got the personality, but it's not clear whether he qualifies as "old" by unicorn standards. Younger unicorn Lightfoot certainly thinks of him this way. Grimwold the dwarf is a more obvious example of this trope.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Due to the true nature of [[spoiler: her grandmother, Cara is part unicorn]] (it's complicated). Also, the Dimblethum has the appearance of being half-human and half-bear, but it's unknown why he's that way.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Due to the true nature of [[spoiler: her grandmother, Cara is part unicorn]] (it's complicated). Also, the Dimblethum has the appearance of being half-human and half-bear, but it's unknown why he's that way.
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* GrumpyOldMan: GrumpyOldMan:
** Moonheart. He's got the personality, but it's not clear whether he qualifies as "old" by unicorn standards. Younger unicorn Lightfoot certainly thinks of him this way.
** Grimwold the dwarf is a more obviousexample of this trope.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Due to the true nature of [[spoiler: her grandmother, Cara is part unicorn]] (it's complicated). Also, the Dimblethum has the appearance of being half-human and half-bear, but it's unknown why he's that way. [[spoiler:Book 4 finally reveals that he used to be Elihu, the human who created Luster, and his transformation came about ]]
** Moonheart. He's got the personality, but it's not clear whether he qualifies as "old" by unicorn standards. Younger unicorn Lightfoot certainly thinks of him this way.
** Grimwold the dwarf is a more obvious
* HalfHumanHybrid: Due to the true nature of [[spoiler: her grandmother, Cara is part unicorn]] (it's complicated). Also, the Dimblethum has the appearance of being half-human and half-bear, but it's unknown why he's that way. [[spoiler:Book 4 finally reveals that he used to be Elihu, the human who created Luster, and his transformation came about ]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Cara's father, who turns on his ancestor Beloved in favor of his daughter.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: HeelFaceTurn:
** [[spoiler: Cara's father, who turns on his ancestor Beloved in favor of hisdaughter.daughter in the climax of book 2.]]
** [[spoiler:In book 4, Feng Yuan is one of the Maidens of the Hunt, who switches sides after seeing a unicorn killed and is utterly horrified by it.]]
* HeelRaceTurn: [[spoiler:In book 4, when the Whisperer is killed and the source of their negativity is gone, the delvers start turning back to normal, though it takes some of them longer than others.]]
** [[spoiler: Cara's father, who turns on his ancestor Beloved in favor of his
** [[spoiler:In book 4, Feng Yuan is one of the Maidens of the Hunt, who switches sides after seeing a unicorn killed and is utterly horrified by it.]]
* HeelRaceTurn: [[spoiler:In book 4, when the Whisperer is killed and the source of their negativity is gone, the delvers start turning back to normal, though it takes some of them longer than others.]]
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* IAmWho: [[spoiler:The Dimblethum is Elihu, Luster's creator.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: All over the place in book 4. Among them:
** [[spoiler:Graumag sacrifices herself trying to physically hold the Axis Mundi together.]]
** [[spoiler:Namza and M'Gama sacrifice themselves to the roots of the Axis Mundi, helping hold Luster together and continuing to help it heal afterward.]]
** [[spoiler:Fallon sacrifices his human form, taking the Transformation Magic from Elihu and becoming the new Dimblethum so Elihu could try to save the Axis Mundi.]]
** [[spoiler:Elihu and Allura sacrifice themselves to heal the Axis Mundi from within and close the wound between the worlds.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: ''Alahim'', or "heart-brother" (which Fallon said is the closest to an actual translation for the term), is this. As Fallon explains, it is a powerful type of friendship, a bond of love and affection that requires no explanation, no promises, no forgiveness, and is like having another self, even if their goals and dreams are not the same; it is not romantic though.
* IAmWho: [[spoiler:The Dimblethum is Elihu, Luster'screator.creator, whose knowledge was suppressed as part of his punishment for taking part in the unicorns' Purification Ceremony.]]
* IntangibleMan: The Whisperer, being made of pure negative emotions. [[spoiler:Fallon defeats it by forcing it into a physical form and tearing it apart.]]
** [[spoiler:Graumag sacrifices herself trying to physically hold the Axis Mundi together.]]
** [[spoiler:Namza and M'Gama sacrifice themselves to the roots of the Axis Mundi, helping hold Luster together and continuing to help it heal afterward.]]
** [[spoiler:Fallon sacrifices his human form, taking the Transformation Magic from Elihu and becoming the new Dimblethum so Elihu could try to save the Axis Mundi.]]
** [[spoiler:Elihu and Allura sacrifice themselves to heal the Axis Mundi from within and close the wound between the worlds.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: ''Alahim'', or "heart-brother" (which Fallon said is the closest to an actual translation for the term), is this. As Fallon explains, it is a powerful type of friendship, a bond of love and affection that requires no explanation, no promises, no forgiveness, and is like having another self, even if their goals and dreams are not the same; it is not romantic though.
* IAmWho: [[spoiler:The Dimblethum is Elihu, Luster's
* IntangibleMan: The Whisperer, being made of pure negative emotions. [[spoiler:Fallon defeats it by forcing it into a physical form and tearing it apart.]]
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* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. [[spoiler:It's actually more complicated with the Dimblethum, who is discovered to in fact be a transformed human.]] The dragons only sort of qualify - there's only seven (Firethroat, Redrage, Fah-Leing, Master Bloodtongue, Graumag, Bronzeclaw and Ebillan) left in Luster, but there are hundreds more known to exist in another dimension.
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* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim.
** [[spoiler:It's actually more complicated with the Dimblethum, who is discovered to in fact be a transformedhuman.]] Great Power.]]
** The dragons only sort ofqualify - qualify; there's only seven (Firethroat, - Firethroat, Redrage, Fah-Leing, Master Bloodtongue, Graumag, Bronzeclaw and Ebillan) Ebillan [[spoiler:and in the climax of book 4, it turns out there's an ''eighth'', but the others don't talk to them]]) left in Luster, but there are hundreds more known to exist in another dimension. dimension.
** [[spoiler: Book 4 reveals that the Squijum was actually a companion to Allura of the Great Powers, until he separated from her on a visit to Luster; whether there are more of his kind are not said.]]
** [[spoiler:It's actually more complicated with the Dimblethum, who is discovered to in fact be a transformed
** The dragons only sort of
** [[spoiler: Book 4 reveals that the Squijum was actually a companion to Allura of the Great Powers, until he separated from her on a visit to Luster; whether there are more of his kind are not said.]]
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* LoveConfession: Finder to Belle as [[spoiler: he's dying]].
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: In book 2, Cara meets the Queen's Players, a group of human performers traveling around Luster. The group includes [[spoiler:the acrobat Jacques]], who was once married to Cara's grandmother Ivy Morris. He is uncertain if Cara's mother Martha was his child, or the child of someone Ivy met on Earth; either way, as far as he's concerned, any grandchild of Ivy's is his as well.
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: In book 2, Cara meets the Queen's Players, a group of human performers traveling around Luster. The group includes [[spoiler:the acrobat Jacques]], who was once married to Cara's grandmother Ivy Morris. He is uncertain if Cara's mother Martha was his child, or the child of someone Ivy met on Earth; either way, as far as he's concerned, any grandchild of Ivy's is his as well.
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* LoveConfession: Finder to Belle as [[spoiler: he's dying]].
dying in book 3]].
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: In book 2, Cara meets the Queen's Players, a group of human performers traveling around Luster. The group includes [[spoiler:the acrobat Jacques]], who was once married to Cara's grandmother Ivy Morris. He is uncertain if Cara's mother Martha was his child, or the child of someone Ivy met on Earth; either way, as far as he's concerned, any grandchild of Ivy's is his as well. In book 4, he admits that he'd rather not ask Amalia to find out for sure, since this way he's happy.
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: In book 2, Cara meets the Queen's Players, a group of human performers traveling around Luster. The group includes [[spoiler:the acrobat Jacques]], who was once married to Cara's grandmother Ivy Morris. He is uncertain if Cara's mother Martha was his child, or the child of someone Ivy met on Earth; either way, as far as he's concerned, any grandchild of Ivy's is his as well. In book 4, he admits that he'd rather not ask Amalia to find out for sure, since this way he's happy.
* MadeOfEvil: Or at least, all the negativity of the unicorns. This is how the Whisperer came into being, when said negativity was purged from them.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:The Whisperer acts as this for much of the series. The pure concentrated negativity of the unicorns and their maker, it urged on the delvers, Beloved and others toward darkness.]]
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* MercyKill: Cara [[spoiler:in unicorn form]] does this to [[spoiler:Beloved, healing the horn shard trapped in her heart and keeping her in eternal, living pain. Beloved rapidly ages from the healing and dies in peace.]]
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* MercyKill: MercyKill:
** Cara[[spoiler:in unicorn form]] does this for the Chiron in book 3, who is very old and tired, but cannot die unless certain conditions are met. Cara is the only one who both meets the requirements and is willing, however reluctantly, to [[spoiler:Beloved, do so.
** She does it again, [[spoiler:this time while in unicorn form, to Beloved in book 4 by healing the horn shard trapped in her heart and keeping her in eternal, living pain. Beloved rapidly ages from the healing and dies in peace.]]
** Cara
** She does it again, [[spoiler:this time while in unicorn form, to Beloved in book 4 by healing the horn shard trapped in her heart and keeping her in eternal, living pain. Beloved rapidly ages from the healing and dies in peace.]]
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* TheMultiverse: Known worlds in it include Earth, Luster, the Rainbow Prison (which is actually the space between the worlds, reflecting Earth and Luster especially), and the world where Bellenmore sent the majority of the dragons.
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* TheMultiverse: Known worlds in it include Earth, Luster, the Rainbow Prison (which is actually the space between the worlds, reflecting Earth and Luster especially), and the world where Bellenmore sent the majority of the dragons.dragons, and the Rainbow Prison, which is actually the space ''between'' the worlds, reflecting Earth and Luster especially.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame:
** Grimwolf the dwarf is short, cranky and not too fond of adventures happening to him. Flensa is another dwarf until she dies fighting in book 3. All dwarves can return to the stone from which they came as they die.
** The delvers, underground goblin-like creatures, used to be normal dwarves. [[spoiler:Then they were corrupted by the Whisperer, filled with negative emotions and the power of the Whisperer itself, which draws them to the unicorns yet fills them with hatred for that race. Some of them, when away from the others for a long time and around different beings who lacked the problem, started to lose this negativity; the Whisperer's death enables them as a whole to start returning to their true selves.]]
** Grimwolf the dwarf is short, cranky and not too fond of adventures happening to him. Flensa is another dwarf until she dies fighting in book 3. All dwarves can return to the stone from which they came as they die.
** The delvers, underground goblin-like creatures, used to be normal dwarves. [[spoiler:Then they were corrupted by the Whisperer, filled with negative emotions and the power of the Whisperer itself, which draws them to the unicorns yet fills them with hatred for that race. Some of them, when away from the others for a long time and around different beings who lacked the problem, started to lose this negativity; the Whisperer's death enables them as a whole to start returning to their true selves.]]
* PortalNetwork: The delvers' tunnels include special "transit points", which transport them many miles at a time.
* PowersThatBe: The "Great Powers", not gods but something else, who reside on a higher plane known as Paradise. Two of them, Elihu and Fallon, were cast out by even Higher Powers because Elihu broke the rules and made a world of his own (Fallon was punished because of his close relationship to Elihu).
* PowersThatBe: The "Great Powers", not gods but something else, who reside on a higher plane known as Paradise. Two of them, Elihu and Fallon, were cast out by even Higher Powers because Elihu broke the rules and made a world of his own (Fallon was punished because of his close relationship to Elihu).
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* SoulJar: Cara briefly carries a dragon's soul jar in the first book, and [[spoiler:astonishes Firethroat by returning it as soon as she can. In gratitude, the dragon grants her [[{{Omniglot}} the gift of languages]].]]
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* SoulJar: RotatingProtagonist: Happens often in book 3, with most chapters following either Cara or her father's point of view, but a number of others get their turn too, such as the Dimblethum, Lightfoot, Belle, M'gama and the delver formerly known as Nedzik. Book 4 continues the trend.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:More than a few of the Hunters decide to retreat back to Earth when they're losing the final battle.]]
* SoulJar:
** Cara briefly carries a dragon's soul jar in the first book, and [[spoiler:astonishes Firethroat by returning it as soon as she can. In gratitude, the dragon grants her [[{{Omniglot}} the gift of languages]].]]]]
** The Chiron, ruler of the centaurs, had his life-force placed in an egg to extend his lifespan; only one of royal and magical blood can break it and end his life, which he asks Cara to do for him in return for the story she seeks.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:More than a few of the Hunters decide to retreat back to Earth when they're losing the final battle.]]
* SoulJar:
** Cara briefly carries a dragon's soul jar in the first book, and [[spoiler:astonishes Firethroat by returning it as soon as she can. In gratitude, the dragon grants her [[{{Omniglot}} the gift of languages]].
** The Chiron, ruler of the centaurs, had his life-force placed in an egg to extend his lifespan; only one of royal and magical blood can break it and end his life, which he asks Cara to do for him in return for the story she seeks.
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* TakeAwayTheirName: Nedzik suffers this fate in book 3 when his king punishes him for helping unicorns instead of fighting them, which is considered a betrayal. [[spoiler:Cara later renames him "Rocky".]]
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* SuccessionCrisis: A minor one when the Chiron of the centaurs dies. It's tradition that those who are willing will fight one another, and the winner becomes the new leader. [[spoiler:This is how Arkon becomes the new Chiron in book 4, after the previous one died in book 3.]]
* TakeAwayTheirName: Nedzik suffers this fate in book 3 when his king punishes him forhelping unicorns instead of fighting them, refusing to obey orders, which is considered a betrayal. [[spoiler:Cara later renames nicknames him "Rocky"."Rocky", and he uses this name from then on.]]
* TakeAwayTheirName: Nedzik suffers this fate in book 3 when his king punishes him for
* {{Teleportation}}: A limited version - "Shimmering", as it's called, is a means of rapid transport, but it only works within the Rainbow Prison, and involves a lot of concentration and picturing where the person wants to go.
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* TouchTelepathy: Unicorns need physical contact in order to speak to people telepathically.
* TranslatorMicrobes: Among other gifts, dragons have the gift of tongues, letting them understand and speak any language. By drinking their blood (if it's fresh and given willingly), others can acquire this same power.
* TranslatorMicrobes: Among other gifts, dragons have the gift of tongues, letting them understand and speak any language. By drinking their blood (if it's fresh and given willingly), others can acquire this same power.
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* TouchTelepathy: Unicorns need physical contact in order to speak to people telepathically.telepathically, though they can only do it with those whose hearts they've pierced with their horn.
* TranslatorMicrobes: Among other gifts, dragons have the gift of tongues, letting them understand and speak any language. By drinking their blood (if it's fresh and given willingly), others can acquire this same power. [[spoiler:It even works for Cara after she becomes a unicorn.]]
* {{Unicorn}}: Well, ''duh''. Their origins are revealed in book 4: [[spoiler:Fallon, a Greater Power, made the first four pairs of unicorns as an expression of joy and thanks, his gift to Earth to thank it for sheltering him after he was cast out of the Higher Realms. As such, he is essentially their father, and his blood flows through the veins of all of them... and even the Whisperer, since it was created from the unicorns.]]
* TranslatorMicrobes: Among other gifts, dragons have the gift of tongues, letting them understand and speak any language. By drinking their blood (if it's fresh and given willingly), others can acquire this same power. [[spoiler:It even works for Cara after she becomes a unicorn.]]
* {{Unicorn}}: Well, ''duh''. Their origins are revealed in book 4: [[spoiler:Fallon, a Greater Power, made the first four pairs of unicorns as an expression of joy and thanks, his gift to Earth to thank it for sheltering him after he was cast out of the Higher Realms. As such, he is essentially their father, and his blood flows through the veins of all of them... and even the Whisperer, since it was created from the unicorns.]]
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* WorldTree: The Axis Mundi, the very heart of Luster; it sprouted when [[spoiler:Elihu embedded a stolen seed into a piece of mass from a star and watered it with his own blood, and so became the beginnings of Luster. When Beloved's gate pierces through it, it nearly results in the destruction of Luster.]]
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* ''Into the Land of the Unicorns'' (1994)
* ''The Song of the Wanderer'' (1999)
* ''Dark Whispers'' (2008)
* ''The Last Hunt'' (2010)
* ''The Song of the Wanderer'' (1999)
* ''Dark Whispers'' (2008)
* ''The Last Hunt'' (2010)
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* Book I: ''Into the Land of the Unicorns'' (1994)
*''The Song Book II: ''Song of the Wanderer'' (1999)
* Book III: ''Dark Whispers'' (2008)
* Book IV: ''The Last Hunt'' (2010)
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* Book III: ''Dark Whispers'' (2008)
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** Ivy is actually [[spoiler:a unicorn changed into a human by a protection spell. The spell reverses in ''Song of the Wanderer''.]]
** [[spoiler:Cara is turned into a unicorn in ''The Last Hunt'' so that she can outrun her pursuers. She doesn't change back by the end of the book.]]
** [[spoiler:Cara is turned into a unicorn in ''The Last Hunt'' so that she can outrun her pursuers. She doesn't change back by the end of the book.]]
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** Ivy is actually [[spoiler:a unicorn changed into a human by a protection spell. The spell reverses in ''Song of the Wanderer''.climax of book 2.]]
** [[spoiler:Cara is turned into a unicorn in''The Last Hunt'' book 4 so that she can outrun her pursuers. She doesn't change back by the end of the book.]]
** [[spoiler:Cara is turned into a unicorn in
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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Discussed briefly in ''Dark Whispers'', when Ian Hunter, who's traveling in Nepal, recalls the stories of them. He's still not sure if the yeti, or Abominable Snowman, is real or just a legend, but has decided not to dismiss them as such without proof either way.
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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Discussed briefly in ''Dark Whispers'', book 3, when Ian Hunter, who's traveling in Nepal, recalls the stories of them. He's still not sure if the yeti, or Abominable Snowman, is real or just a legend, but has decided not to dismiss them as such without proof either way.
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* BittersweetEnding: In ''The Last Hunt'' [[spoiler:the Hunters are defeated, Luster is saved from being destroyed, Rocky becomes the king of the delvers, and Cara's parents finally reunite. But... Cara has to MercyKill Beloved and is stuck in unicorn form, meaning she can never return to Earth and neither can her parents, the Dimblethum is dead, and M'Gama and Zamza are comatose while helping the world heal.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: In ''The Last Hunt'' book 4 [[spoiler:the Hunters are defeated, Luster is saved from being destroyed, Rocky becomes the king of the delvers, and Cara's parents finally reunite. But... Cara has to MercyKill Beloved and is stuck in unicorn form, meaning she can never return to Earth and neither can her parents, the Dimblethum is dead, and M'Gama and Zamza are comatose while helping the world heal.]]
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Cara to Ivy in ''Song of the Wanderer'' for lying to her [[spoiler:about everything]]. [[spoiler:Cara's mother follows suit off-screen in ''The Last Hunt''.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:The reason why the unicorns are so pure of heart and suffering from ChronicHeroSyndrome is because they forcibly removed their flaws and negative traits, as revealed in ''Dark Whispers''. Said whispers are the combination of those flaws, still living and acting as TheCorrupter to anyone who will listen.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:The reason why the unicorns are so pure of heart and suffering from ChronicHeroSyndrome is because they forcibly removed their flaws and negative traits, as revealed in ''Dark Whispers''. Said whispers are the combination of those flaws, still living and acting as TheCorrupter to anyone who will listen.]]
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Cara to Ivy in ''Song of the Wanderer'' book 2 for lying to her [[spoiler:about everything]]. [[spoiler:Cara's mother follows suit off-screen in ''The Last Hunt''.book 4.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:The reason why the unicorns are so pure of heart and suffering from ChronicHeroSyndrome is because they forcibly removed their flaws and negative traits, as revealed in''Dark Whispers''.book 3. Said whispers are the combination of those flaws, still living and acting as TheCorrupter to anyone who will listen.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:The reason why the unicorns are so pure of heart and suffering from ChronicHeroSyndrome is because they forcibly removed their flaws and negative traits, as revealed in
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Unicorns are drawn to distressed maidens by instinct ([[spoiler: this is how Moonheart first meets "Ivy Morris", by the way]]). Knowing this, Hunters often use young girls as bait to lure out unicorns.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: ''The Song of the Wanderer'' ends on one that then wasn't resolved for nearly a decade.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: ''The Song of the Wanderer'' ends on one that then wasn't resolved for nearly a decade.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Unicorns are drawn to distressed maidens by instinct ([[spoiler: this ([[spoiler:this is how Moonheart first meets "Ivy Morris", by the way]]). Knowing this, Hunters often use young girls as bait to lure out unicorns.
* {{Cliffhanger}}:''The Song of the Wanderer'' Book 2 ends on one that then wasn't resolved for nearly a decade.
* {{Cliffhanger}}:
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* InterspeciesFriendship: Many, including that of Thomas the Tinker and the dragon Fah-Leing, as he mentions in ''Song of the Wanderer''.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: Many, including that of Thomas the Tinker and the dragon Fah-Leing, as he mentions in ''Song of the Wanderer''.book 2.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:When Flickerfoot became human, she retained her intelligence, but lost her memories of being a unicorn. They're restored with her true form at the end of book 2.]]
* LongLostRelative:
** [[spoiler:Cara doesn't know the man hunting her in book 1 is her father until later. Nor did she know that the unicorn who healed her as a child was actually her great-uncle, or that her new friend Lightfoot is actually her cousin.]]
** [[spoiler:As a child, Ivy Morris was rescued by Moonheart. Neither knows that they're actually brother and sister until Ivy finds out shortly before regaining her true unicorn form.]]
** [[spoiler:Cara doesn't know the man hunting her in book 1 is her father until later. Nor did she know that the unicorn who healed her as a child was actually her great-uncle, or that her new friend Lightfoot is actually her cousin.]]
** [[spoiler:As a child, Ivy Morris was rescued by Moonheart. Neither knows that they're actually brother and sister until Ivy finds out shortly before regaining her true unicorn form.]]
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* LukeIMightBeYourFather: In ''The Song of the Wanderer'', Cara meets the Queen's Players, a group of human performers traveling around Luster. The group includes [[spoiler:the acrobat Jacques]], who was once married to Cara's grandmother Ivy Morris. He is uncertain if Cara's mother Martha was his child, or the child of someone Ivy met on Earth; either way, as far as he's concerned, any grandchild of Ivy's is his as well.
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* LukeIMightBeYourFather: In ''The Song of the Wanderer'', book 2, Cara meets the Queen's Players, a group of human performers traveling around Luster. The group includes [[spoiler:the acrobat Jacques]], who was once married to Cara's grandmother Ivy Morris. He is uncertain if Cara's mother Martha was his child, or the child of someone Ivy met on Earth; either way, as far as he's concerned, any grandchild of Ivy's is his as well.
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* SoulJar: Cara briefly carries a dragon's soul jar in the first book, and [[spoiler:astonishes Firethroat by immediately returning it. In gratitude, the dragon grants her [[{{Omniglot}} the gift of languages]].]]
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* SoulJar: Cara briefly carries a dragon's soul jar in the first book, and [[spoiler:astonishes Firethroat by immediately returning it.it as soon as she can. In gratitude, the dragon grants her [[{{Omniglot}} the gift of languages]].]]
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* TakeAwayTheirName: Nedzik suffers this fate in ''Dark Whispers'', when his king punishes him for helping unicorns instead of fighting them, which is considered a betrayal. [[spoiler:Cara later renames him "Rocky".]]
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* TakeAwayTheirName: Nedzik suffers this fate in ''Dark Whispers'', book 3 when his king punishes him for helping unicorns instead of fighting them, which is considered a betrayal. [[spoiler:Cara later renames him "Rocky".]]
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* WanderlustSong: The "Song of the Wanderer".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''Song of the Wanderer'', we hear the story of Ebillan, one of Luster's dragons, who has been trying to get to the world where the majority of the other dragons, including his lover, went. His story is never resolved.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''Song of the Wanderer'', we hear the story of Ebillan, one of Luster's dragons, who has been trying to get to the world where the majority of the other dragons, including his lover, went. His story is never resolved.
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* WanderlustSong: The titular "Song of the Wanderer".
Wanderer" from book 2.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In''Song of the Wanderer'', book 2, we hear the story of Ebillan, one of Luster's dragons, who has been trying to get to the world where the majority of the other dragons, including his lover, went. His story is never resolved.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In
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* TheMigration: Pretty much every magical species of Earth has undergone this, with the majority of dragons moving to one world and the last seven, along with the unicorns (and gryphons, merfolk, centaurs and others), moving to Luster.
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* TheMultiverse: Known worlds in it include Earth, Luster, the Rainbow Prison, and the world where Bellenmore sent the majority of the dragons.
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* TheMultiverse: Known worlds in it include Earth, Luster, the Rainbow Prison, Prison (which is actually the space between the worlds, reflecting Earth and Luster especially), and the world where Bellenmore sent the majority of the dragons.
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* TheAtoner: The Guardian of Memory, who serves as guardian for the gateway between Earth and Luster.
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* TheAtoner: The Guardian of Memory, who serves as guardian for the gateway between stays on Earth and Luster.for twenty-five years before a successor takes their place. When the unicorns left, they took something of the human heart with them, completely unintentionally; their presence helps keep the memory of Earth's magic alive, atoning for their accidentally taking that memory in the first place.
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Discussed briefly in ''Dark Whispers'', when Ian Hunter, who's traveling in Nepal, recalls the stories of them. He's still not sure if the yeti, or Abominable Snowman, is real or just a legend, but has decided not to dismiss them as such without proof either way.
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* BittersweetEnding: In ''The Last Hunt'' [[spoiler:the Hunters are defeated, Luster is saved from being destroyed, Rocky becomes the king of the delvers, and Cara's parent finally reunite. But... Cara has to MercyKill Beloved and is stuck in unicorn form, meaning she can never return to Earth and neither can her parents, the Dimblethum is dead, and M'Gama and Zamza are comatose while helping the world heal.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: In ''The Last Hunt'' [[spoiler:the Hunters are defeated, Luster is saved from being destroyed, Rocky becomes the king of the delvers, and Cara's parent parents finally reunite. But... Cara has to MercyKill Beloved and is stuck in unicorn form, meaning she can never return to Earth and neither can her parents, the Dimblethum is dead, and M'Gama and Zamza are comatose while helping the world heal.]]
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* TheCorrupter: The "Dark Whispers" introduced in book 3, [[spoiler:which corrupt the delver king Gnurflux and the Dimblethum]].
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Loads of them, ranging from Grimwold's cousin Droopwillow in the first book to Firethroat's mention of Luster's hidden seventh dragon in the final.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Loads of them, ranging from Grimwold's cousin Droopwillow in the first book to Firethroat's mention of Luster's hidden seventh dragon in the final.
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* TheCorrupter: The Whisperer, or "Dark Whispers" Whispers", introduced in book 3, [[spoiler:which 3. [[spoiler:The combination of all the unicorn's negative traits, they now act to manipulate others, including Beloved, and also to corrupt the delver king Gnurflux Gnurflax and the Dimblethum]].
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Loads of them, ranging from Grimwold's cousin Droopwillow in the first book to Firethroat's mention of Luster's hidden seventh dragon in thefinal.finale.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Loads of them, ranging from Grimwold's cousin Droopwillow in the first book to Firethroat's mention of Luster's hidden seventh dragon in the
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* DimensionalTraveler: As Firethroat explains, this is one of the dragons' abilities, to move from one world to another.
* EndOfAnAge: The former magical age of the earth is implied.
* EndOfAnAge: The former magical age of the earth is implied.
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* DeathByChildbirth: When Beloved's story is first told, it's mentioned that her mother died giving birth to her.
* DimensionalTraveler: As Firethroat explains, this is one of the dragons' abilities, to move from one world to another. However, the world where the majority of the dragons went is cut off from others by the same magic that opened the original portal, preventing Earth's last seven dragons (who are now the seven dragons of Luster) from joining their kin there.
* EndOfAnAge: The former magical age of the earth isimplied.discussed more than once.
* DimensionalTraveler: As Firethroat explains, this is one of the dragons' abilities, to move from one world to another. However, the world where the majority of the dragons went is cut off from others by the same magic that opened the original portal, preventing Earth's last seven dragons (who are now the seven dragons of Luster) from joining their kin there.
* EndOfAnAge: The former magical age of the earth is
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Dimblethum is manipulated into this by the Dark Whispers.]]
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Dimblethum is manipulated into this by the Dark Whispers.Whisperer.]]
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* FirstNameBasis: Cara through most of the first book. It turns out her last name's [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Hunter]]]].
** Not exactly. Her parents are identified as 'Ian and Martha [[spoiler: Hunter]]' in a [[FreezeFrameBonus single line]] very early on, [[RewatchBonus long before]] the reader has a clue that theirs is a name of any significance.
** Not exactly. Her parents are identified as 'Ian and Martha [[spoiler: Hunter]]' in a [[FreezeFrameBonus single line]] very early on, [[RewatchBonus long before]] the reader has a clue that theirs is a name of any significance.
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* FirstNameBasis: Cara through most of the first book. It turns out her last name's [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Hunter]]]].
** Not exactly. Her parents are identified as 'Ian and Martha [[spoiler: Hunter]]' inbook, though a [[FreezeFrameBonus single line]] very early on, [[RewatchBonus long before]] the reader has on identifies her parents as 'Ian and Martha [[spoiler: Hunter]]'. It becomes a clue that theirs is a RewatchBonus when her full name of any significance.[[spoiler:Cara Diana Hunter]] is given in Firethroat's cave and its significance is revealed.
** Not exactly. Her parents are identified as 'Ian and Martha [[spoiler: Hunter]]' in
* InterspeciesFriendship: Many, including that of Thomas the Tinker and the dragon Fah-Leing, as he mentions in ''Song of the Wanderer''.
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* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. [[spoiler:It's actually more complicated with the Dimblethum, who is discovered to in fact be a transformed human.]] The dragons only sort of qualify - there's only seven left in Luster, but there are hundreds more known to exist in another dimension.
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* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. [[spoiler:It's actually more complicated with the Dimblethum, who is discovered to in fact be a transformed human.]] The dragons only sort of qualify - there's only seven (Firethroat, Redrage, Fah-Leing, Master Bloodtongue, Graumag, Bronzeclaw and Ebillan) left in Luster, but there are hundreds more known to exist in another dimension.
* TakeAwayTheirName: Nedzik suffers this fate in ''Dark Whispers'', when his king punishes him for helping unicorns instead of fighting them, which is considered a betrayal. [[spoiler:Cara later renames him "Rocky".]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''Song of the Wanderer'', we hear the story of one of Luster's dragons, who has been trying to get to the world created for dragons, where his lover went. His story is never resolved.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''Song of the Wanderer'', we hear the story of Ebillan, one of Luster's dragons, who has been trying to get to the world created for where the majority of the other dragons, where including his lover lover, went. His story is never resolved.
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'''The Unicorn Chronicles''' is a young adult series by fantasy writer Creator/BruceCoville, chronicling the journey of a young girl named Cara through [[AnotherDimension Luster]], [[MagicLand a land populated primarily by]] {{unicorn}}s. Pursued by mysterious forces, she is forced to leave behind her life as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent and is sent to Luster by her grandmother with a mission to deliver a message to the Old One. Along the way, she uncovers the history of Luster and the unicorns, as well as some amazing things about her own family.
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** [[spoiler:The Dimblethum started out human before assuming his current shape.]]
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* TheCorrupter: The "Dark Whispers" introduced in book 3, [[spoiler:which corrupt the delver king and the Dimblethum]].
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* TheCorrupter: The "Dark Whispers" introduced in book 3, [[spoiler:which corrupt the delver king Gnurflux and the Dimblethum]].
* DimensionalTraveler: As Firethroat explains, this is one of the dragons' abilities, to move from one world to another.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the very first book, the Dimblethum's introduction describes him as resembling nothing so much as "a man that started to turn into a bear, but stopped before the process was complete." [[spoiler:In the final book, it's revealed that [[BalefulPolymorph that's almost exactly the case.]]]]
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* ForcedSleep: In book 2, when Ivy Morris's story of how she first came to Luster, Moonheart mentions that the Hunter who came after she and him was placed into one of these by the other unicorns who came to rescue them. As far as he knows, Martin Hunter is ''still'' in that sleeping state.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the very first book, the Dimblethum's introduction describes him as resembling nothing so much as "aman bear that started to turn into a bear, man, but stopped before the process was complete." [[spoiler:In the final book, it's revealed that [[BalefulPolymorph that's the inverse is almost exactly the case.]]]]case]].]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the very first book, the Dimblethum's introduction describes him as resembling nothing so much as "a
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* {{Revenge}}: Key motive for Beloved.
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* {{Revenge}}: Key motive This is Beloved's key motive; she blames the unicorns for Beloved.her father's death and her unending pain and has sworn to wipe them out in return.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Dimblethum.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Dimblethum.Dimblethum and the Squijum.
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* TeamPet: the Squijim
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* TeamPet: the SquijimThe Squijim, who appears to be a cross between a squirrel and a monkey.
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* WalkingTheEarth: Most of the humans in Luster are nomadic.
* WanderingMinstrel: The Queen's Players.
* WanderingMinstrel: The Queen's Players.
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* WalkingTheEarth: WalkingTheEarth:
** Most of the humans in Luster are nomadic.
** The Wanderers, like Ivy Morris, who are driven by some endless urge to roam.
* WanderingMinstrel: The Queen'sPlayers.Players, who've been charged with traveling Luster and entertaining the other residents (mainly the humans and unicorns).
** Most of the humans in Luster are nomadic.
** The Wanderers, like Ivy Morris, who are driven by some endless urge to roam.
* WanderingMinstrel: The Queen's
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* EvilOldFolks: Beloved.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Dimblethum]]
* FantasticRacism: The Hunters hate unicorns.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Dimblethum]]
* FantasticRacism: The Hunters hate unicorns.
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* EvilOldFolks: Beloved.
Beloved, who is both evil and hundreds of years old.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: TheDimblethum]]
Dimblethum is manipulated into this by the Dark Whispers.]]
* FantasticRacism:The Thanks to Beloved's teachings, the Hunters hate unicorns.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The
* FantasticRacism:
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* InterspeciesRomance: Jacques and [[spoiler: Ivy Morris]]
* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. The dragons only sort of qualify - there's only seven left in Luster, but there are hundreds more known to exist in another dimension.
* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. The dragons only sort of qualify - there's only seven left in Luster, but there are hundreds more known to exist in another dimension.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Jacques Jacques, a human, and [[spoiler: Ivy Morris]]
Morris, a unicorn who was turned into a human]].
* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. [[spoiler:It's actually more complicated with the Dimblethum, who is discovered to in fact be a transformed human.]] The dragons only sort of qualify - there's only seven left in Luster, but there are hundreds more known to exist in another dimension.
* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. [[spoiler:It's actually more complicated with the Dimblethum, who is discovered to in fact be a transformed human.]] The dragons only sort of qualify - there's only seven left in Luster, but there are hundreds more known to exist in another dimension.
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* LoveConfession: Finder to Belle as [[spoiler: he's dying]]
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* LoveConfession: Finder to Belle as [[spoiler: he's dying]]dying]].
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* MagicLand: Luster
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* MagicLand: LusterLuster, the adoptive homeland of the unicorns, centaurs and others.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Dragons have the gift of tongues, letting them understand and speak any language. [[spoiler:When Cara returns the dragon Firethroat's heart to her, she is given the boon of being allowed to drink some of the dragon's blood and thus receives the same power.]]
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* TheAtoner: The Guardian of Memory.
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* TheAtoner: The Guardian of Memory.Memory, who serves as guardian for the gateway between Earth and Luster.
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* BittersweetEnding: In ''The Last Hunt'' [[spoiler:the Hunters are defeated, Luster is saved from being destroyed, Rocky becomes the king of the delvers, and Cara's parent finally reunite. But . . . Cara has to MercyKill Beloved and is stuck in unicorn form, meaning she can never return to Earth and neither can her parents, the Dimblethum is dead, and M'Gama and Zamza are comatose while helping the world heal.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: In ''The Last Hunt'' [[spoiler:the Hunters are defeated, Luster is saved from being destroyed, Rocky becomes the king of the delvers, and Cara's parent finally reunite. But . . .But... Cara has to MercyKill Beloved and is stuck in unicorn form, meaning she can never return to Earth and neither can her parents, the Dimblethum is dead, and M'Gama and Zamza are comatose while helping the world heal.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Cara's missing [[spoiler: last name]], and the song that Medafil's shell sings
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* ChekhovsGun: Cara's missing [[spoiler: last name]], and the song that Medafil's shell sings sings.
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* TheCorrupter: The titular Dark Whispers [[spoiler:corrupts the delver king and the Dimblethum]].
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* TheCorrupter: The titular Dark Whispers [[spoiler:corrupts "Dark Whispers" introduced in book 3, [[spoiler:which corrupt the delver king and the Dimblethum]].
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* [[IAmWho I Am Who?]]: [[spoiler:The Dimblethum is Elihu, Luster's creator.]]
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* [[IAmWho I Am Who?]]: IAmWho: [[spoiler:The Dimblethum is Elihu, Luster's creator.]]
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* TranslatorMicrobes: Takes the form of a gift of dragon's blood.
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* TranslatorMicrobes: Takes Among other gifts, dragons have the form of a gift of dragon's blood.tongues, letting them understand and speak any language. By drinking their blood (if it's fresh and given willingly), others can acquire this same power.
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[[AC:As of the present, the books are:]]
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Also, Coville's anthology ''A Glory of Unicorns'' includes a short story about the Guardian of Memory, told from Ivy Morris's point of view.
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* ''The Boy With Silver Eyes'' (2008; short
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* TheAtoner: The Guardian of Memory
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* TheAtoner: The Guardian of MemoryMemory.
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* FantasticRacism
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* FantasticRacismFantasticRacism: The Hunters hate unicorns.
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Cara's father]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Cara's father]]father, who turns on his ancestor Beloved in favor of his daughter.]]
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* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. The dragons qualify, there's only seven left.
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* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. The dragons qualify, only sort of qualify - there's only seven left.left in Luster, but there are hundreds more known to exist in another dimension.
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* LukeIMightBeYourFather: It's suggested that [[spoiler: Jacques]] is Cara's grandfather, but for the characters there's no way to tell for sure.
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* LukeIMightBeYourFather: It's suggested that [[spoiler: Jacques]] is In ''The Song of the Wanderer'', Cara meets the Queen's Players, a group of human performers traveling around Luster. The group includes [[spoiler:the acrobat Jacques]], who was once married to Cara's grandfather, but for grandmother Ivy Morris. He is uncertain if Cara's mother Martha was his child, or the characters there's no way to tell for sure. child of someone Ivy met on Earth; either way, as far as he's concerned, any grandchild of Ivy's is his as well.
* TheMultiverse: Known worlds in it include Earth, Luster, the Rainbow Prison, and the world where Bellenmore sent the majority of the dragons.
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* WanderingMinstrel: The Queen's Players
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* WanderingMinstrel: The Queen's PlayersPlayers.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: in Song of the Wanderer, We hear the story of one of Luster's dragons, who has been trying to get to the world created for dragons, where his lover went. His story is never resolved.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: in Song In ''Song of the Wanderer, We Wanderer'', we hear the story of one of Luster's dragons, who has been trying to get to the world created for dragons, where his lover went. His story is never resolved.
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* TheLightfooted: Lightfoot, of course. Like all unicorns, he barely makes a sound when he walks and leaves next to no hoofprints.
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* MercyKill: Cara [[spoiler:in unicorn form]] does this to [[spoiler:Beloved, healing the horn shard trapped in her heart and keeping her in eternal, living pain. Beloved rapidly ages from the healing and dies in peace, without pain.]]
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* MercyKill: Cara [[spoiler:in unicorn form]] does this to [[spoiler:Beloved, healing the horn shard trapped in her heart and keeping her in eternal, living pain. Beloved rapidly ages from the healing and dies in peace, without pain.peace.]]
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* EndOfAnAge: The former magical age of the earth is implied.
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* TranslatorMicrobes: Takes the form of a gift of dragon's blood.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: ''The Song of the Wanderer'' ends on one that then wasn't resolved for nearly a decade.
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* WanderlustSong: The "Song of the Wanderer".
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* CrypticBackgroundReference: Loads of them, ranging from Grimwold's cousin Droopwillow in the first book to Firethroat's mention of Luster's hidden seventh dragon in the final.
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** Not exactly. Her parents are identified as 'Ian and Martha [[spoiler: Hunter]]' in a [[FreezeFrameBonus single line]] very early on, [[RewatchBonus long before]] the reader has a clue that theirs is a name of any significance.
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* GoshdangItToHeck:
**Medafil, with endless variation.
*** "Dingfangled pointy things! No, not that. Grambabbit, where is that spartbongle anyway?"
** And to some degree [[TheUnintelligible the Squijum]], although with him it's usually something like referring to unicorns as [[BigStupidDoodooHead 'mean hornheads']].
**Medafil, with endless variation.
*** "Dingfangled pointy things! No, not that. Grambabbit, where is that spartbongle anyway?"
** And to some degree [[TheUnintelligible the Squijum]], although with him it's usually something like referring to unicorns as [[BigStupidDoodooHead 'mean hornheads']].
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* MeaningfulName: Much is made of Cara's last name, of course, but it's worth noting that her middle name is [[spoiler:[[Characters/ClassicalMythologyOlympians Diana]]]].
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Dimblethum.
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* [[RedheadedHero Redheaded Heroine]]
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* BalefulPolymorph:
** Ivy is actually [[spoiler:a unicorn changed into a human by a protection spell. The spell reverses in ''Song of the Wanderer''.]]
** [[spoiler:Cara is turned into a unicorn in ''The Last Hunt'' so that she can outrun her pursuers. She doesn't change back by the end of the book.]]
** Ivy is actually [[spoiler:a unicorn changed into a human by a protection spell. The spell reverses in ''Song of the Wanderer''.]]
** [[spoiler:Cara is turned into a unicorn in ''The Last Hunt'' so that she can outrun her pursuers. She doesn't change back by the end of the book.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: In ''The Last Hunt'' [[spoiler:the Hunters are defeated, Luster is saved from being destroyed, Rocky becomes the king of the delvers, and Cara's parent finally reunite. But . . . Cara has to MercyKill Beloved and is stuck in unicorn form, meaning she can never return to Earth and neither can her parents, the Dimblethum is dead, and M'Gama and Zamza are comatose while helping the world heal.]]
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Cara to Ivy in ''Song of the Wanderer'' for lying to her [[spoiler:about everything]]. [[spoiler:Cara's mother follows suit off-screen in ''The Last Hunt''.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:The reason why the unicorns are so pure of heart and suffering from ChronicHeroSyndrome is because they forcibly removed their flaws and negative traits, as revealed in ''Dark Whispers''. Said whispers are the combination of those flaws, still living and acting as TheCorrupter to anyone who will listen.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:The reason why the unicorns are so pure of heart and suffering from ChronicHeroSyndrome is because they forcibly removed their flaws and negative traits, as revealed in ''Dark Whispers''. Said whispers are the combination of those flaws, still living and acting as TheCorrupter to anyone who will listen.]]
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* TheCorrupter: The titular Dark Whispers [[spoiler:corrupts the delver king and the Dimblethum]].
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: The first man who wrote about hunting unicorns actually happened to come across one already dead and wrote a lie about slaying it and how fierce the unicorns are. When he realized the damage he had done, so that the unicorns were no longer safe on Earth, he tried to recant but died with the legend still intact.
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* MercyKill: Cara [[spoiler:in unicorn form]] does this to [[spoiler:Beloved, healing the horn shard trapped in her heart and keeping her in eternal, living pain. Beloved rapidly ages from the healing and dies in peace, without pain.]]
* MoralityChain: Cara for [[spoiler:her father. When Beloved takes Cara hostage, he pulls a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* MoralityChain: Cara for [[spoiler:her father. When Beloved takes Cara hostage, he pulls a HeelFaceTurn.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: Beloved would certainly [[spoiler:hurt her own great-great-great-great-granddaughter.]]
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* SoulJar: Cara briefly carries a dragon's soul jar in the first book, and [[spoiler:astonishes the dragon by immediately returning it. In gratitude, the dragon grants her [[{{Omniglot}} the gift of languages]].]]
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* SoulJar: Cara briefly carries a dragon's soul jar in the first book, and [[spoiler:astonishes the dragon Firethroat by immediately returning it. In gratitude, the dragon grants her [[{{Omniglot}} the gift of languages]].]]
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* TheAloner: The Guardian of MemoryActionGirl: Several, including Belle, and M'Gama.
* ActionMom: Both [[spoiler: Cara's mother and Ivy Morris]].
* ActionMom: Both [[spoiler: Cara's mother and Ivy Morris]].
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* DarkActionGirl: Beloved surprisingly enough proves to a formidable fighter.
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* TouchTelepathy: Ynicorns need physical contact in order to speak to people telepathically.
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* TouchTelepathy: Ynicorns Unicorns need physical contact in order to speak to people telepathically.
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* TheSquadette: Belle, who is part of the Queen's Guard.
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* ScheduleSlip: Fiveish years between the first book and the second, and another nine years between the second and the third. The fourth came out two years from the third's publication. If you were a child when the first book came out, you've probably graduated from college by now.
* TheSquadette: Belle, who is part of the Queen's Guard.
* TheSquadette: Belle, who is part of the Queen's Guard.
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''The Unicorn Chronicles'' is a young adult series by fantasy writer Creator/BruceCoville, chronicling the journey of a young girl named Cara through [[AnotherDimension Luster]], [[MagicLand a land populated primarily by]] {{unicorn}}s. Pursued by mysterious forces, she is forced to leave behind her life as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent and is sent to Luster by her grandmother with a mission to deliver a message to the Old One. Along the way, she uncovers the history of Luster and the unicorns, as well as some amazing things about her own family.
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* Into The Land of The Unicorns (1994)
* The Song of The Wanderer (1999)
* Dark Whispers (2008)
* The Last Hunt (2010)
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* The Song of The Wanderer (1999)
* Dark Whispers (2008)
* The Last Hunt (2010)
Also, Coville's anthology ''A Glory Of Unicorns'' includes a short story about the Guardian of Memory, told from Ivy Morris' point of view.
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* Into The ''Into the Land of The Unicorns the Unicorns'' (1994)
*The ''The Song of The Wanderer the Wanderer'' (1999)
*Dark Whispers ''Dark Whispers'' (2008)
*The ''The Last Hunt Hunt'' (2010)
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* ThemeNaming: The centaurs have Greek names.
* TrueNeutral: Luster's dragons. [[spoiler: Until The Last Hunt, anyway.]]
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*TrueNeutral: Luster's dragons. [[spoiler: Until The Last Hunt, anyway.]]TouchTelepathy: Ynicorns need physical contact in order to speak to people telepathically.
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* GrumpyOldMan: Arguably Moonheart. He's got the personality, but it's not clear whether he qualifies as "old" by unicorn standards. Younger unicorn Lightfoot certainly thinks of him this way. Grimwold the dwarf is a more obvious example of this trope.
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* GrumpyOldMan: Arguably Moonheart. He's got the personality, but it's not clear whether he qualifies as "old" by unicorn standards. Younger unicorn Lightfoot certainly thinks of him this way. Grimwold the dwarf is a more obvious example of this trope.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Arguably Jacques and [[spoiler: Ivy Morris]]
* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. The dragons arguably qualify, there's only seven left.
* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. The dragons arguably qualify, there's only seven left.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Arguably Jacques and [[spoiler: Ivy Morris]]
* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. The dragonsarguably qualify, there's only seven left.
* LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the case for the Dimblethum and the Squijim. The dragons
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''The Unicorn Chronicles'' is a young adult series by fantasy writer Creator/Coville, Creator/BruceCoville, chronicling the journey of a young girl named Cara through [[AnotherDimension Luster]], [[MagicLand a land populated primarily by]] {{unicorn}}s. Pursued by mysterious forces, she is forced to leave behind her life as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent and is sent to Luster by her grandmother with a mission to deliver a message to the Old One. Along the way, she uncovers the history of Luster and the unicorns, as well as some amazing things about her own family.
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* TakeOurWordForIt: In the first book (two pages from the end) Cara and her companions make the final trip to Summerhaven. We're told that the journey there was "filled with marvels and wonders" and get no elaboration on any of it.
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''The Unicorn Chronicles'' is a young adult series by fantasy writer BruceCoville, Creator/Coville, chronicling the journey of a young girl named Cara through [[AnotherDimension Luster]], [[MagicLand a land populated primarily by]] {{unicorn}}s. Pursued by mysterious forces, she is forced to leave behind her life as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent and is sent to Luster by her grandmother with a mission to deliver a message to the Old One. Along the way, she uncovers the history of Luster and the unicorns, as well as some amazing things about her own family.
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*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: in Song of the Wanderer, We hear the story of one of Luster's dragons, who has been trying to get to the world created for dragons, where his lover went. His story is never resolved.
