Line #62 Literature/FoxCraft


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3	->''Run fast, be safe, live free.''
4	-->--'''Isla'''
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6	''Foxcraft'' is a series of books written by Inbali Iserles. The first book was released in 2015.
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8	Isla’s happy life with her fox family in a patch of urban greenery is destroyed when her den is attacked by strange, savage foxes and she is left all alone. But, she doesn’t give up hope that her brother is still alive. She sets out to find him, though she is still too young to understand she can barely knows how to hunt. An older fox finds her, and begins to teach her the magic of foxcraft. These skills will prove essential; the foxes who attacked her family are part of something much larger and much darker than she could have imagined.
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10	Has nothing to do with the 1.14 update of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', which introduced foxes.
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12	[[AC: The books in the series are:]]
13	* '' The Taken''
14	* '' The Elders''
15	* ''The Mage''
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19	!!This series contains examples of the following tropes:
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21	* ActionGirl: Isla. Throughout the series, she goes head-to-head with skulks of brainwashed foxes, packs of coyotes, and even humans, and survives.
22	* AffectionateNickname: Pirie calls Isla 'little fox' while Isla calls him 'her idiot big brother.' It's a lot cuter than it sounds.
23	* AfterActionHealingDrama: Isla healing Siffrin in the second book after he fights a coyote, which causes her to pass out.
24	* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Tao, who is a dark furred fox, and is usually very easy going. [[spoiler: Until The Taken kill her and her brother Simmi's greatfa, and siblings, and turn their parents into one of his slaves.]]
25	* ArtisticLicensePhysics: A story about animals being able to go invisible, shape shift and [[spoiler: take away the free will of another creature]]? Sure, why not?
26	* BadPowersBadPeople: In a fox kind of way with [[spoiler: The Mage]]
27	* BandOfBrothers: Isla,Haiki, Tao and Simmi [[spoiler: All of them lost their families to The Taken, and they travel to The Elders together.]] [[spoiler: Or at least they do before Haiki betrays them all]] Also, Siffrin and Isla count.
28	* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Isla accidentally described herself as beautiful, and she is one of the most compassionate foxes around.
29	* BettyAndVeronica: In a sibling way, Pirie is Betty and Siffrin is Veronica to Isla's Archie. In another way, Haiki can be thought of as a Betty too.
30	* BigBad: The Mage.
31	* BigGood: The Black Fox, the master of all arts of foxcraft. [[spoiler: Isla takes up this mantle at the end of the series.]]
32	* BigBrotherInstinct: Pirie and Siffrin to Isla. Haiki as well, since he defended her from Tao and Simmi when they were talking behind her back. [[spoiler: And then he betrayed her, but you now, other than that.]]
33	* BigBrotherIsWatching:[[spoiler: The Mage can see through the eyes of The Taken, so he can watch Isla]]
34	* BigDamnHeroes:
35	** Farraclaw saving Isla by killing Karka and scaring off the Taken at the end of ''The Taken''.
36	** Siffrin saving Isla and Tao and Simmi's family from coyotes, Isla saving Haiki from drowning in ''The Elders''.
37	** [[spoiler: The Bishar of Claw helping defeat the Narral]] in ''The Mage''.
38	* BlackMage: The Mage. He uses his powers of pleaching to strip others of their free will and is nearly unstoppable in combat.
39	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Taken.
40	* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: To Isla, upon finding out her family's dead. Same with Tao and Simmi. It actually makes them more determined, and pushes them to learn more Foxcraft so ..]]
41	* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Siffrin and Isla, respectively. Also Simmi and Tao.
42	* CallARabbitASmeerp: Foxes call a road, a deathway, a human, a Furless, and the stars, Canisia's lights. They also call Aura's Maa's.
43	* CatsAreMean: Isla outright says this in the first book.
44	* ConstantlyCurious: Isla, who wants to know everything there is to know about Foxcraft.
45	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Haiki, who outsmarted a group of dogs.
46	* CurbStompBattle: Siffrin vs the Mage at the end of ''The Mage''. The Mage tosses Siffrin around like a ragdoll, with Siffrin unable to even touch him. [[spoiler: It turns out to be because the Mage had pleached with the White Fox.]]
47	* DarkIsNotEvil: The Black Fox. Whoever becomes one has their fur turn dark, and they use their powers to protect fox-kind.
48	* {{Determinator}}: Isla has lost her home, parents, safety, comfort, and her brother in a frozen tundra, yet she ''still'' keeps going.
49	* DisabilityImmunity: [[spoiler: Haiki can't do Foxcraft, and it is hinted because he's a gray fox. However, Foxcraft doesn't work on him.]]
50	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Everyone gets one. Isla mimicking a bird, Pirie going invisible, their Greatma predicting the weather, [[spoiler: Karka killing their parents]] Siffrin prancing around as a dog and Farraclaw talking about true freedom. Then, in the second book, Haiki establishing himself as friendly,cheerful, but cunning, outsmarting a group of dogs. Simmi and Tao are very loyal to their brother Mox, defending him from Isla when they think she's being mean, and being wary of her. [[spoiler: And the elders, who are the masters in their respective arts and can talk without opening their muzzles.]]
51	* EvilSmellsBad: Isla describes the Taken as smelling of ash and death.
52	* FantasticFoxes: They have their own lore and magical abilities.
53	* FantasticRacism: Foxes, coyotes and wolves either fear or look down on one another. [[spoiler: By the end of ''The Mage'', the wolves and foxes are able to get past their differences and work together to stop the Mage.]]
54	* FireForgedFriends: Isla and Siffrin.
55	* FragileSpeedster: Isla is very good at Foxcraft, yet if she was in a fight against other foxes, she would be very easy to break.
56	* HappilyAdopted:[[spoiler: Jana adopted Siffrin when he was younger, after healing him from the Taken curse.]]
57	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Haiki]] in ''The Mage''.
58	* HiddenDepths: Haiki is actually highly intelligent and [[spoiler: can see through Foxcraft tricks easily.]]
59	* HumansAreCthulhu: Foxes view humans like this.
60	* IGaveMyWord: Siffrin promises that [[spoiler: he will take Isla, Haiki, Simmi and Tao to the Elders in three days. He doesn't. He has an excuse, but still.]]
61	* INeverToldYouMyName: Isla gets this after Siffrin calls her that.
62	* ItGetsEasier: Isla says this about [[spoiler: the grief of losing your family]]
63	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Siffrin. He is an annoying, arrogant, know it all, but he genuinely cares about Isla.
64	* TheLoad: Isla, in The Taken, Haiki in The Elders
65	* LosingTheTeamSpirit: [[spoiler: Isla gets this after Haiki betrays them]]
66	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Isla and Haiki, though he isn't ''that'' feminine.
67	* MasterOfIllusion: Siffrin, The Elders, and, to a much lesser extent, Isla.
68	* MindOverMatter: What Haiki tells Isla when [[spoiler: she is almost entranced by one of The Taken]]
69	* MindControlEyes: Foxes eyes turn rim red when they're converted into Taken.
70	* TheMole: [[spoiler: Mirraclaw]] in ''The Mage'', secretly defecting to the Bishar of Fang and revealing that [[spoiler: King Birronclaw was dying]], nearly resulting in the Bishar of Claw being taken over by the enemy.
71	* MuggleBestFriend: Isla and Haiki, in a way
72	* MultigenerationalHousehold: It seems that most fox dens hold mothers and father, cubs, and greatmas, and greatpas, as well as aunts.
73	* MundaneUtility: Isla using slimmering to creep past Furless, and to scare the fur off Tao and Simmi after they were rude to her.
74	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler: The Mage, Karka, The Taken. None of them sound particularly pleasant]]
75	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: If Siffrin hadn't lied to Isla, then she wouldn't have freaked out and ran away, getting herself caught by the furless.]] Isla [[WhatTheHellHero Calls her out on it towards the end of "The Taken"]].
76	* NobleWolf: Prince Farraclaw. Though he initially turns up his nose at Isla, he proves to be a valiant ally to her when she frees him from the zoo, and even saves her life multiple times.
77	* NonActionBigBad: The Mage. He does take part in trying to catch Isla at the end of ''The Elders'', but mainly lets his brainwashed army and his assassins chase them down before that.
78	* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: What Isla feels after her family is killed.
79	* PapaWolf: If you mess with Isla, Siffrin will ''end you.''
80	* PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler: Isla says this to Siffrin when he almost dies.]]
81	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Haiki is killed by Koch after rejoining Isla's group.]]
82	* ReducedToDust: [[spoiler: The Mage's]] fate.
83	* {{Shapeshifting}}: Though they call it wa'akkir, Siffrin, Jana, Karka and the Mage are all masters of this. [[spoiler: And later Isla, who learns it later.]]
84	* ShipTease: In the first book, it looked like Siffrin and Isla, though now it seems it's Isla and Haiki.
85	* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Isla's greatma can predict the weather, Pirie can grasp Slimmering almost instantly, and Isla, well, is Isla.
86	* ThickerThanWater: Isla, time and time again, shows that even when she is offered safety and protection, she will give it all up, to find her brother. [[spoiler: Also, both Isla and Pirie have a physic link thanks to this trope.]]
87	* TragicVillain: Most of The Taken are actually just regular foxes who had their free will literally stripped from them. In the second book, it's even more tragic, as when Isla attempts to reason with them, and brings this up, one sadly murmurs "My . .. family?" Before attacking her again.
88	* UnfazedEveryman: Haiki so much. He shows no fear when three huge dogs are standing in front of him, when Isla was panicking.
89	* WelcomeBackTraitor: [[spoiler: Haiki rejoins the rest of the group in ''The Elders'' after betraying them in the last book when he learns that his family had been dead all along.]]
90	* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway:[[spoiler: Haiki gets this, as he can't do foxcraft, but he can see through it, so it's more 'eyes' than 'heart']]

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