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2	[[caption-width-right:220:"Are spiderwebs a treat where you come from?"]]
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4	''The Saga of Larten Crepsley'' is a 4-part Fantasy Horror series by Darren Shan, serving as a prequel to ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'' (the author's real surname is ''O' Shaughnessy'', but [[PenName that's not quite as marketable]]). The series showcases the life of Larten Crepsley, the vampire mentor of Darren Shan. It explores his past and how he entered the world of vampires.
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6	The books in the series are:
7	* ''Birth of a Killer''
8	* ''Ocean of Blood''
9	* ''Palace of the Damned''
10	* ''Brothers to the Death''
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12	For characters, please see [[Characters/TheSagaOfDarrenShan the main series' page]], since most of the same characters appear.
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14	!!This series provides examples of:
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16	* BadBoss: Traz
17	* CallForward: Humorous example in Seba's first words to Larten ("Are spiderwebs a treat where you come from?"). In the first book of ''The Saga of Darren Shan'', while performing, Mr. Crepsley makes Madam Octa spin a web on his mouth and Crepsley eats them, commenting to the crowd that spiderwebs are a great treat where he comes from.
18	* CurbStompBattle: Larten against Staffen Irve
19	* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler: Since Murlough is still alive in The Saga of Darren Shan, it's obvious that Wester won't succeed in his revenge mission.]]
20	* FantasticRacism: Wester resents vampanezes after Murlough massacred his family. [[FromBadToWorse This has horrible consequences at the end of the series]].
21	* GoodFeelsGood: Kurda's reason for setting up makeshift hospitals to help people during the end of World War II- "I just like helping."
22	* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:Wester wanting to kill Murlough for murdering his family]]
23	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Daniel Abrams is this in the second book, since [[spoiler: he had a sort of devoted crush on Malora, who was Larten's assistant at the time. When he discovered that Larten was a vampire, the sentence in that paragraph of the book says he wanted everyone to resort to violence to kill Larten and Malora. Malora is hanged from a noose, Larten kills nearly everyone on the boat save for a handful of shipmates (Daniel Abrams included). During the time period, this would have been a reasonable decision. But when you consider that Daniel Abrams started all of this for the thrill, this trope does apply to him.]] It's implied that he goes on to become the Spits Abrams of book 10 of the original saga.
24	* KidHeroAllGrownUp: Inverted, this is the younger version of Darren's mentor from ''Literature/CirqueDuFreak''.
25	* OlderThanTheyLook: Because they're Vampires.
26	* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: Between vampire "fathers" and "sons" - Seba and Larten, Larten and Gavner.
27	** Happens at the end when [[spoiler: Larten is forced to kill Wester.]]
28	* {{Prequel}}: The are a few vampires in this series that aren't in The Saga of Darren Shan. Want to make a guess at why?
29	* PromotionToParent: Larten becomes this to [[spoiler: Gavner Purl, sort of]] in the second book.
30	* RevengeBeforeReason: Even though he's completely justified in his resentment against vampanezes, the methods Wester goes to prove they have to be exterminated are too much. He spreads anti-vampaneze propaganda, to the point that other characters compare him with the Nazis and it culminates with [[spoiler: him murdering Larten's girlfriend and putting the blame on a vampaneze in an attempt to start a war against vampires and vampaneze and push Larten to his cause.]]
31	* ShoutOut: When asked by Larten if Demons are real Seba replies, [[Literature/TheDemonata "Well, in five hundred years, I have not seen any."]]
32	* TimeSkip: There are few time skips in the first book which range from a few years to several weeks.
33	* UnwittingPawn: Wester becomes this to Mr. Tiny in the end.

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