History Literature / Volle

** Lord Sheffin of Dewanne. In spite of much CharacterShilling in ''Shadow of the Father'' describing him as a benevolent and caring Lord, he barely lets an appearance pass where he doesn't make insinuations that Volle should be with [[FantasticRacism his own kind (foxes)]] rather than falling in love with Streak or being friends with Helfer. He attempts to manipulate Volle and sire a son with Ilyana behind Volle's back. His tenure as Lord is marked by extremely hostile racism between mice and foxes, including at least one attempted genocide that went unpunished until the Shadows killed the noble that started it. In fact, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his sole redeeming quality seems to be his devotion to his wife]].

* HereditaryHomosexuality: Yilon, somewhat reluctantly, shares his father's preference for the same sex.

** Lord Sheffin of Dewanne. In spite of much CharacterShilling in ''Shadow of the Father'' describing him as a benevolent and caring Lord, he barely lets an appearance pass where he doesn't make insinuations that Volle should be with [[FantasticRacism his own kind (foxes)]] rather than falling in love with Streak or being friends with Helfer. He attempts to manipulate Volle and sire a son with Ilyana behind Volle's back. His tenure as Lord is marked by extremely hostile [[FantasticRacism racism]] between mice and foxes, including at least one attempted genocide that went unpunished until the Shadows killed the noble that started it. In fact, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his sole redeeming quality seems to be his devotion to his wife]].

** Lord Sheffin of Dewanne. In spite of much CharacterShilling in ''Shadow of the Father'' describing him as a benevolent and caring Lord, he barely lets an appearance pass where he doesn't make insinuations that Volle should be with his own kind rather than falling in love with Streak or being friends with Helfer. He attempts to manipulate Volle and sire a son with Ilyana behind Volle's back. His tenure as Lord is marked by extremely hostile [[FantasticRacism racism]] between mice and foxes, including at least one attempted genocide that went unpunished until the Shadows killed the noble that started it. In fact, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his sole redeeming quality seems to be his devotion to his wife]].

* ArrangedMarriage: Volle and Illyana, Yilon and Dinah.

* JerkAss: Dereath and, to a lesser degree, Dixan.

* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Male example. Volle has no interest in women whatsoever but needs an heir so he gets completely shit-faced before having sex with Illyana. [[spoiler: The second time they have a threesome with Streak.]]

* GambitPileUp: Dereath's scheme [[spoiler:to frame Volle and Streak]] is surprisingly clever. [[spoiler:Using scent transfer, he applied Streak's scent to the knife that was used to kill his witness, then later does the same to Volle to make it look like he killed the palace guard. Volle finally figures it out right before his case, and Nero and Archie fight for Volle during the trial, with Archie stating that he himself witnessed Dereath kill the palace guard. The king thereafter [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome sentences Dereath to death]] and strips him of his title. Later we find out that it really WASN'T Dereath who killed anyone, rather his assistant Terril, and Archie lied to protect Volle.]]

''Volle'' (2005) is an adult, anthropomorphic novel written by Creator/KyellGold. It takes place in the world of Argaea, a furrier version of our medieval times. Ferrenis and Tephos are two reigning powers in this world, and when word gets out that Tephos is planning an attack against Ferrenis, their kingdom summons a group of three to spy on Tephos and gather information. Seir (mouse), Reese (rabbit) and Volle (fox) travel to Tephos and settle into their new lives in and around the palace. Seir poses as a commoner, Reese as a merchant, and Volle as the thought to be long dead lord of Vinton. The stories obviously focus on Volle from then on out, who soon discovers that he must find a way to balance his promiscuous ways with the responsibilities of his mission.

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: [[spoiler:At the end of Shadow of the Father, when Yilon's crown is retrieved and he finally accepts lordship of Dewanne, all in front of his parents.]]

* ClearMyName: Volle must do this against the accusations that have arisen against him during the time he spent away from Vinton.

* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Male example. Volle has no interest in women whatsoever but needs an heir so he gets completely shit-faced before having sex with Illyana.

''Shadow of the Father'' (2010) is the third actual novel, taking place from the perspective of Volle's [[spoiler:second]] son Yilon, a fox who is thrust into lordship and sent on a mission to Dewanne with his friend and lover Sinch, a mouse. He soon realizes that, for some reason, the people of Dewanne aren't too fond of mice, and more so dislike the idea of having a fox who loves a mouse as their lord.

* CheerfulChild: Volle's [[spoiler:first son Volyan]].

* SpareToTheThrone: Yilon initially believes this is why he was chosen as heir to Lord Dewanne. His brother Volyan was already set to inherit their father's title of Lord Vinton.

* RoyalBlood: [[spoiler:Volle poses as the son of the long dead lord of Vinton in order to get into the palace and begin spying for Ferrenis, but we're led to believe he doesn't actually have any noble blood in him. In Pendant of Fortune, Tish states that Volle's [[ChekhovsGun pendant]] was passed down only through royal families, then later he admits to partially making up that story. In the end, it's never revealed if Volle actually has noble blood in him or not.]]

* ClearTheirName: Streak is found [[spoiler:holding a bloody knife covered with his scent in the same room a mouse his just been killed, who just so happened to be a "witness" against Volle's case.]] Volle then sets out to prove Streak is innocent, despite his own small personal doubts.

* RoyalBlood: [[spoiler:Volle poses as the long dead lord of Vinton in order to get into the palace and begin spying for Ferrenis, but we're led to believe he doesn't actually have any noble blood in him. In Pendant of Fortune, Tish states that Volle's [[ChekhovsGun pendant]] was passed down only through royal families, then later he admits to partially making up that story. In the end, it's never revealed if Volle actually has noble blood in him or not.]]

* [[spoiler:AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: At the end of Shadow of the Father, when Yilon's crown is retrieved and he finally accepts lordship of Dewanne, all in front of his parents.]]

* [[spoiler:RoyalBlood: Volle poses as the long dead lord of Vinton in order to get into the palace and begin spying for Ferrenis, but we're led to believe he doesn't actually have any noble blood in him. In Pendant of Fortune, Tish states that Volle's [[ChekhovsGun pendant]] was passed down only through royal families, then later he admits to partially making up that story. In the end, it's never revealed if Volle actually has noble blood in him or not.]]

''Volle'' (2005) is an adult, anthropomorphic novel written by [[PenName Kyell Gold]]. It takes place in the world of Argaea, a furrier version of our medieval times. Ferrenis and Tephos are two reigning powers in this world, and when word gets out that Tephos is planning an attack against Ferrenis, their kingdom summons a group of three to spy on Tephos and gather information. Seir (mouse), Reese (rabbit) and Volle (fox) travel to Tephos and settle into their new lives in and around the palace. Seir poses as a commoner, Reese as a merchant, and Volle as the thought to be long dead lord of Vinton. The stories obviously focus on Volle from then on out, who soon discovers that he must find a way to balance his promiscuous ways with the responsibilities of his mission.

* DepravedBisexual: Dereath openly admits that he shifted his attention to men after all the women he pined after rejected him. He's also not above practically [[spoiler:forcing Volle to have sex with him before he'll allow him to see Streak.]]

* ShoutOut: Captain Nero, who happens to be a wolf, is a ShoutOut to [[NeroWolfe Captain Nero Wolfe]], the main character of a series of mystery novels. The other detective's name, Archie, is also borrowed.

* GambitPileUp: Dereath's scheme [[spoiler:to frame Volle and Streak]] is surprisingly clever. [[spoiler:Using scent transfer, he applied Streak's scent to the knife that was used to kill his witness, then later does the same to Volle to make it look like he killed the palace guard. Volle finally figures it out right before his case, and Nero and Archie fight for Volle during the trial, with Archie stating that he himself witnessed Dereath kill the palace guard. The king thereafter [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome sentences Dereath to death]] and strips him of his title. Later we find out that it really WASN'T Dereath who killed anyone, rather his assistant Terril, and Archie lied to protect Volle.]]

* GambitPileUp: Dereath's scheme [[spoiler:to frame Volle and Streak]] is surprisingly clever. [[spoiler:Using scent transfer, he applied Streak's scent to the knife that was used to kill his witness, then later does the same to Volle to make it look like he killed the palace guard. Volle finally figures it out right before his case, and Nero fights for Volle during the trial, stating that he himself witnessed Dereath kill the palace guard. The king thereafter [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome sentences Dereath to death]] and strips him of his title. Later we find out that it really WASN'T Dereath who killed anyone, rather his assistant Terril, and Nero lied to protect Volle.]]

* OedipusComplex: A major part of Yilon character arc. He was extremely bitter towards Volle for various reasons, including leaving Yilon's mother alone in Vinton while he stayed in Divalia with his lover Streak, and then taking Yilon away from Vinton to groom him for a position as Lord and generally not being completely in touch with what Yilon was going through (though not for lack of trying). Yilon eventually gets over it.