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7	* ''Literature/The39Clues'':
8	** The fifth Cahill branch, the Madrigals, and the fact that their founder was Madeleine Cahill, make it practically impossible to discuss the first series or the ancestral Cahill family without spoiling some of the most surprising [[TheReveal revelations]] in the series. Madeleine's ''existence'' isn't even revealed until near the first series' end.
9	** A lot of the enemies as well, due to their [[HeelFaceTurn Heel-Face Turns]] at the end of the first series. Sinead Starling in particular becomes a big one due to her turning out to be Vesper 3, TheMole, in the second series.
10	* ''Literature/AccelWorld'':
11	** Takumu "Taku" Mayuzumi. You can't say much about him apart from his status as Haru and Chiyu's ChildhoodFriend without spoiling that 1)[[FirstEpisodeTwist He, not Chiyu, is Cyan Pile]], and thus the main antagonist of the first story arc. 2)The less pleasant aspects of his personality (e.g. secretly hating Haru and giving his girlfriend a backdoor program to spy on her). 3)The fact that after the arc, he remains on Brain Burst and changes for the better.
12	** Saffron Blossom and Chrome Falcon are difficult to talk about without revealing the former's death and the latter's becoming the first Chrome Disaster.
13	** White Cosmos, the White King. She turns out to be Kuroyukihime's parent and older sister, who manipulated Kuroyukihime into killing Red Rider.
14	* The Literature/AgentPendergast series has Tristram and Alban, the twin sons of the title character. Since they do not appear until ''Literature/TwoGraves'', one of the later books in the series, and the twist related to them isn't brought up until roughly a quarter through it, it's impossible to bring them up without also referring to their role in the series.
15	* Julius Grief in ''Literature/AlexRider''. Originally an unnamed clone of Dr. Grief who looks just like Alex from Point Blanc, he's thought to have died in the chapter he was introduced in. Nope, he was just arrested and comes BackForTheFinale as a member of Scorpia.
16	* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' has Marco's mom Eva. We know very little about her past, other than that she was killed in a tragic boating accident, and her husband couldn't stop mourning her. She's also the host of Yeerk commander Visser One, who faked her death, and soon grows into one of the series' most dangerous antagonists.
17	* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'':
18	** The Young Conductor seems to die early on, but actually is Claire Stanfield, an amazing assassin, TheAce and AxCrazy SociopathicHero. Hence he actually lived and becomes integral to the plot as The Rail Tracer, an urban legend that he created.
19	** Ronnie Schiatto, a seeming background character who turns out to be [[AllPowerfulBystander the omniscient, reality-warping "demon"]] summoned aboard the ''Advena Avis'' in 1711. Elmer asked him to stick by Maiza as a human and the demon, being as extremely bored as [[PrescienceIsPredictable most omniscient, all-powerful beings would likely be]], [[ItAmusedMe decided it'd be a decent change of pace.]]
20	** In the anime and earlier novels, Fermet was a fairly minor character who was thought to have been killed years before the story began. Then comes Blood Sabbath with the revelation that he isn't dead and never has been, and is in fact the BigBad of the series, having masterminded the events of the 2002 arc and caused Huey's StartOfDarkness back in the 1700s. These [[TheReveal reveals]] make pretty much everything outside of his [[AbusiveParents role in Czes's backstory]] hard to talk about.
21	* ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'' has the GreaterScopeVillain, Quentin Makepeace, who seems an eccentric playwright until Book 3. There's also the fact that he's quickly offed within a few chapters of TheReveal by Nouda.
22	* In the ''Warrior'' trilogy of ''Franchise/{{BattleTech\|ExpandedUniverse}}'' novels, Justin Xiang Allard's entire ''role'' is to be the FakeDefector who becomes the enemy spymaster to help sabotage the Capellan Confederation's efforts in the upcoming Fourth Succession War while pretending to do his best to use his knowledge as the son of the ''Federated Suns''' resident spymaster to their advantage. This bit of information is easily found in most histories of the BT universe as well as referred back to in later fiction since these books were among the earliest written for it and the timeline has long since moved on, but acts as a major spoiler for the novels themselves, which don't so much as hint at this (even throwing in a convenient red herring or two) until {{the Reveal}} near the end of the last one.
23	* ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'':
24	** Nico and Cecilia. It is impossible to discuss either of them without spoilers as their introduction marks a ''major'' shift in the novel, being the crux of one of its major plot twists and MythArc[=s=]. Not only did they play a pivotal role in Arthur's past life as King Grey, but they both return in his reincarnated life [[ReforgedIntoAMinion as servants of]] [[BigBad Agrona]]. The former is the true identity of Arthur's childhood friend Elijah Knight and has been working with Agrona in order to exact revenge on Grey/Arthur for killing Cecilia. The latter is the Legacy, a MacGuffinSuperPerson sought out by Agrona. She is even harder to discuss as not only were Arthur and Nico reincarnated by Agrona to serve as anchor points for her, but she is ultimately summoned using Tessia [[GrandTheftMe as her vessel]].
25	** Kezess Indrath is introduced as the ruler of the asuras and the father of Sylvia, the dragon who saved Arthur as a boy, being posited as the GoodCounterpart to Agrona. However, it is almost impossible to discuss him without revealing that he is in fact a [[GodIsEvil genocidal tyrant]] [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks no better than Agrona]] whose past atrocities are indirectly responsible for the main conflict. To showcase how big of a spoiler TheReveal surrounding Kezess is and how important it is to the plot, there are a few characters who cannot be discussed without revealing his true nature.
26	*** The djinn. Knowing their existence completely turns everything Arthur and by extension the audience knows about the asuras and their DivineConflict on its head. In the distant past, they were the victims of a genocide perpetrated by Kezess and the Indrath, an atrocity that led to the DivineConflict as Agrona and the Vritra were exiled from Epheotus when they discovered the truth. They serve to establish another MythArc as their knowledge of aether has the potential to end the DivineConflict and is sought out by both Agrona and Arthur for that exact reason. If that was not enough, they are eventually revealed to be the ancestors of Arthur's family.
27	*** Mordain Asclepius. Once Kezess's close friend and the leader of the phoenixes, he and his clan were exiled from Epheotus for opposing Kezess's genocide of the djinn. In his exile, he and his clan established the Hearth, an OutcastRefuge for both djinn who survived the genocide and asuran exiles who opposed both sides of the DivineConflict. The Hearth goes on to become a neutral party that Arthur comes into contact with in his quest for allies against both Kezess and Agrona and his attempts to further his insight into aether.
28	*** Taci. Despite seemingly being a minor character as one of Arthur's sparring partners in his time training in Epheotus, he cannot be discussed without revealing that Kezess attempts to purge the Dicathian resistance for defying his will, as he is the asura who gets sent to carry out the atrocity. On top of that, he becoming a HeroKiller by killing off several notable characters before Arthur arrives to stop him.
29	** Seris Vritra at first appears to be an EnigmaticMinion of Agrona's, given how she takes a interest in Arthur during the war. The fact that not only is she Caera's mentor and Arthur's AnonymousBenefactor during his time in Alacrya, but she has been secretly planning to overthrow Agrona and the Vritra is a major surprise. From her first appearance during the war, one would hardly suspect that not only is she a BastardUnderstudy among the Scythes but ends up becoming one of the BigGood[=s=] of the story and the first sign that the Alacryans aren't completely evil, only their Vritra masters.
30	* ''Literature/TheBlackWitchChronicles'': It turns out that the character everyone assumes to be the [[WingedHumanoid Icaral]] of Prophecy, who is according to said prophecies fated to fight the heroine (the second Black Witch) in a battle that will determine the fate of the world... isn't. The ''real'' Icaral of Prophecy is a completely different character. His secret identity can be discussed pre-reveal without many spoilers, but ''afterwards'' is a different matter.
31	* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
32	** Accelerator is the main antagonist of the third volume. In the fifth, he undergoes a HeelFaceTurn, receives brain damage that severely limits his power, and becomes one of the series' ''protagonists''.
33	** Othinus. Being a major antagonist who [[TheBadGuyWins actually wins and destroys the world]] would be a major spoiler on its own. But after that, she undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and loses almost all of her power, and ends up moving in with Touma as a second freeloader.
34	** Coronzon is a demon who possesses Lola Stuart for the entire series and is the one responsible for all of her actions. Any discussion of it will also spoil the fact that Lola is actually Lola Zaza Crowley, the daughter of Aleister Crowley.
35	* ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ'': "Travelling Tolly" is essentially a spoiler even when the story is being read for the first time. She appears in the form of snippets at the top of various chapters, purporting to contain excerpts from her books, documenting her tour through the ants' territory approximately ten years after Anthony's reincarnation -- thus making it clear that the Colony survives all the existential threats that surround them throughout the story, and even thrives in the end.
36	* ''Literature/CodexAlera'':
37	** Araris Valerian is supposed to be dead. Fade, the slave working for Bernard and Isana, is supposed to be brain-damaged. So when he pulls a BigDamnHeroes at the end of the first book and gets his real identity revealed to a few people in the process, it's a shock. He does keep the act up for a couple more books, but once he stops pretending the cat is officially out of the bag and it gets hard not to spoil everything.
38	** Tavi is one as well. His identity as Septimus' son isn't revealed until book three, although a number of clues that he's actually Gaius Octavian are fairly obvious (including his name) and the fact is fairly heavily implied even before characters are openly discussing it. The fact that Araris Valerian stayed behind in the middle of nowhere and spends his time watching over a random young shepard boy is enough to clue in several characters who learn about Araris' identity.
39	* ''Literature/CommonwealthSaga'': The early parts of ''Literature/PandorasStar'' set the backstory of the Commonwealth, including the "terrorist", cultlike Guardians of Selfhood who use propaganda about an evil mind-controlling alien which nobody has ever seen evidence of, to recruit young soldiers and justify their actions. Naturally, the Starflyer alien turns out to be RealAfterAll, and it's impossible to talk about a good half of the conflict in ''Literature/JudasUnchained'' without revealing this.
40	* Jynn Ur'Gored in ''Literature/TheDarkProfitSaga''. The big reveal about him in book 1 is that he's the son of the EvilSorcerer/[[OurLichesAreDifferent liche]] Detarr Ur'Mayan. In book 2, he's forced to reveal that he's not a noctomancer (lunar mage) but an omnimancer (can use both lunar and solar magic), even though he hasn't used solamancy (solar magic) since he was little, as omnimancers are treated like lepers in this world. Both times this causes his burgeoning relationship with solamancer Laruna Trullon to hit a major setback.
41	* Milo from Literature/DemonRoad is a demon and is also the fabled Ghost of the Highway. All you can say without spoiling this is that he likes guns and is from Texas.
42	* There are two examples in Creator/RobinJarvis' ''[[Literature/DeptfordMice Deptford Histories]]'' trilogy:
43	** Wendel Maculatum, from ''The Oaken Throne'', is introduced as a kindly, if [[TheDitz dim-witted]], [[CourtJester jester]] who becomes a traveling companion of the main characters. However, it turns out later that he is the diabolical HighPriest of [[GodOfEvil Hobb]], which changes the way the character is perceived so much that most any details about him would have to include spoilers.
44	** In ''Thomas'', an [[TheDitz idiotic]] but seemingly [[KindheartedSimpleton well-meaning]] mouse named Dimlon befriends Woodget and Thomas. Little do they know, he is really Dahrem Ruhar, a [[ManipulativeBastard murderous and sadistic]] adept of [[ReligionOfEvil the Scale]] who has gained their trust merely to steal the [[EggMacGuffin ninth fragment]] of an egg in which the serpent god Sarpedon will be reborn. When discussing Dimlon and his part in the story, his true identity would almost have to be mentioned at some point.
45	* Raguel and Uriel in ''Literature/TheDinosaurLords'', due to them being named only in the epilogue and carrying a massive WhamEpisode on their shoulders - not to mention that as Grey Angels, they set up a ''massive'' SequelHook.
46	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
47	** You want to avoid spoiling the fact that Thomas is Harry's half-brother? This is going to significantly limit your ability to explain either of their motivations for most of their interactions after ''Literature/BloodRites'', starting with "Why does Harry immediately go to a ''vampire'' for help?"
48	** Molly Carpenter, Michael's oldest daughter, who has magical talent and becomes Harry's apprentice. And then even ''that'' information [[TheFairFolk became obsolete]].
49	** Margaret Angelica "Maggie" Dresden's very ''existence'', as the daughter of Harry and Susan Rodriguez, is a massive spoiler, as the reveal that she exists at all kicks off the WhamEpisode known as ''Literature/{{Changes}}''.
50	* In ''Literature/EndersGame'', the very fact that Mazer Rackham appears in the story at all is a rather massive spoiler, since he's introduced in an early chapter as a legendary war hero from the first Formic War -- who ''should'' be long dead, as the war takes place over a century before the main story. It's not until the third act of the book that we find out that he's still alive, as the International Fleet used the relativistic nature of space travel to ensure that he would be alive to advise the commander of the human counterattack.
51	* ''Literature/FullDive'': ''Kiwame Quest'' [=NPCs=] Martin and his sister Alicia are very hard to describe after the first episode due to the former being a [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters Developing Doomed Character]] [[AccidentalMurder killed by main character Hiro by complete accident]] and the latter, also one of the main characters, who becomes an AxCrazy {{Yandere}} due to the tramua over her brother's demise and is hell-bent on killing Hiro.
52	* ''Literature/GiantsSeries'': The very name given to the series, even. The Giants are the Ganymeans, and knowing that there's another alien race involved makes the mystery of the first book a lot less mysterious.
53	* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'': It's hard to talk about the Goblin ''{{Paladin}}'' without revealing a horrific revelation in Volume 5.
54	* In ''Literature/TheGoneAwayWorld'', the hero doesn't actually exist until about halfway through the book--before that, he's a figment of his best friend's imagination.
55	* The plot of ''Literature/GoneGirl'' sounds a bit boringly familiar without knowing the reveal that Amy Dunne has set the whole thing up.
56	* Pretty much any non-inconsequential character introduced in or that plays a significant role in ''Literature/TheForerunnerSaga'' of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', since it takes place one hundred thousand years prior to the primary time period of the franchise, and sets the stage for every other current piece of media for it.
57	* ''Literature/FromTheNewWorld'': the Fiend ("Akki") who is actually Mamoru and Maria's child who has been raised by the monster rats; this is only shown in the last few episodes, though much foreshadowed.
58	* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': Almost every installment has this type of character, but for the sake of convinence, we will list some of the more notable ones:
59	** Both main characters in ''The Ghost Next Door'' are this for different reasons; Hannah is revealed to be DeadAllAlong, and the shadow spirit is an alternate version of Danny himself.
60	** Andrew Toggle of ''Piano Lessons Can Be Murder'' is this to the point that ALL of his tropes were once spoiler marked.
61	** Will Blake is revealed to be the werewolf in ''The Werewolf of Fever Swamp''.
62	* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew (or Scabbers for that matter). There is no way to give an accurate description, however brief, of either character without spoiling TheReveal at the end of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''. In subsequent books, both appear on a recurring basis with their true natures taken for granted. The same could be said for Tom Riddle after the events of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''.
63	* ''Literature/HereticalEdge'' has plenty, though some have moved out of that status as the story progresses. Tabbris is the most extreme - literally any information beyond the existence of a character by that name spoils the biggest twist so far, and even that can spoil an attentive reader.
64	* Alma Coin from ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' series is the president of District 13. Up until the end of the second book it's believed that District 13 was wiped out 75 years prior. It's not even hinted that it still exists until fairly early in the second book. And then it's revealed that she's the true BigBad, attempting to usurp President Snow and instill her own rule upon Panem, including setting up a new Hunger Games involving Capitol children.
65	* ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'': Describing tropes that apply to Kyoko is very difficult if you really want to avoid spoiling the fact that she's the serial killer who murdered Ayumu. Entire entries on most of the trope pages relevant to her are almost completely spoiler tagged.
66	* ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'': It's ''really'' hard to discuss the series without giving away the fact that Siegfried Kircheis, one of Reinhard von Lohengramm's most loyal and competent subordinates and the closest person he has to a true friend, dies about a quarter of the way through the series while shielding Reinhard from an assassination attempt. Even long after the fact, Kircheis's PresentAbsence makes itself felt throughout the rest of the series.
67	* ''Literature/TheLunarChronicles'': Ze'ev Kesley, aka Wolf. It is hard to say very much about him without spoiling the fact that he is a Lunar soldier who is still actively working for them (albeit increasingly conflicted) through most of ''Scarlet''. The character page has separate sections for Wolf and Ze'ev, the latter of which is almost all spoilers.
68	* For readers of the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' it's difficult to talk about Errastas in a non-spoiler context, since he mainly operates in the latter half of the series and then turns out to be one of the more active players in TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Come the last books he hardly has any scenes that are not {{Wham Episode}}s.
69	* ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'': Brigid O'Shaughnessy seemed suspicious from the start, we knew something was off about her, but she at least seemed more sympathetic than the other people involved in the Falcon chase. Then it's revealed she was the one who had murdered Sam's partner, Miles Archer and we get a glimpse of just how dangerous she can truly be.
70	* ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'': Saying anything about Marsh after about the early sections of the first book is a massive spoiler. Talking about Kelsier is a pretty big spoiler in the same book, of course. You can't really mention Ruin without massively spoiling the twist ending of the second book, and discussing [=TenSoon=] and [=OreSeur=] during the hunt for the enemy Kaandra in ''Hero of Ages'' becomes a spoiler very fast.
71	** There's also ''Literature/MistbornSecretHistory'', a book that the author has said the ''mere knowledge of its existence'' is a spoiler of sorts for the original series. The first few pages spoiler a major part of the first book, and the rest of the book literally spoils the entire trilogy for anyone who hasn't read it.
72	* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'': Anything about Sebastian[=/=]Jonathan Morgenstern from the later part of ''Literature/CityOfGlass'' spoils several plot points like: Jace and Clary aren't really siblings, the ''real'' Sebastian Verlac has been DeadAllAlong, and Valentine fed Jocelyn demon blood while she was pregnant.
73	* Meta-level: In ''The Nine Wrong Answers'' by Creator/JohnDicksonCarr, there's a character in a scene who is not who he's thought to be. Once this is revealed later on, the narrator explicitly points out that he didn't use the character's name at any point in that scene.
74	* ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': Sirius Dieke is the friendly, kind-hearted StudentCouncilPresident of the Magic Academy... or at least that's what he wants you to think. It's extremely hard to talk about him without talking about his real identity and the conflict he instigates in the last three episodes of the anime that take up a good chunk of volume 2 in the light novel series.
75	* Creator/GarthNix's ''Literature/OldKingdom'' series: Orannis the Destroyer. We don't even know anything other than Its status as a GreaterScopeVillain (including Its name, we know It only as "The Enemy") until the final chapter of the second book. That's when we learn that It's an OmnicidalManiac and an EldritchAbomination, who's been [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in a split metal ball]] since before the creation of the Charter.
76	* It's pretty much impossible to discuss Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's short story "Literature/TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas" without revealing that the titular {{Utopia}} is ''literally'' (not figuratively) PoweredByAForsakenChild.
77	* ''Literature/QualiaThePurple'' has multiple characters that you can't really talk about without giving something away:
78	** Talking about Yukari, the purple-eyed deuteragonist, is practically impossible unless you mention that she dies after the first few chapters, and her death ends up creating the big plot and reason for the multiverse story to unfold, all in an effort to prevent her death.
79	** Talking about Hatou Manabe, the protagonist, is even worse, if possible. Try to describe Hatou to someone without mentioning that she ends up getting kidnapped by a serial killer, her arm being chopped off and reassembled by Yukari with the help of her cellphone. That said cellphone arm functioning as a proper cellphone and giving her the ability to talk to infinite parallel universe versions of herself that warn her of Yukari's death. That she can communicate with them and gain the knowledge and memories of her parallel universe-selves, can practically [[RealityWarper create a universe where magic exists]] that gives her magic abilities. And she recently obtained the realiziation that she could take over and "become" almost every person she wants to be. There's more, but... [[JustifiedTrope yeah]].
80	** Tenjou Nanami has it a bit easier. The only thing that is a spoiler to talk about with her is that she was Yukari's first "operation patient" and she had injuries that were "fixed" by Yukari with [[BodyHorror pieces of a jungle gym]].
81	* Noah from ''Literature/TheRavenCycle'' is a bit hard to talk about without giving away the end of the first book. There's not really much to say about him that wouldn't spoil anything outside of "He's the quiet one." Heck, you can't even use his last name without giving something away.
82	* ''Red Lotus'': Siu-Sing, the heroine of Part Two. By virtue of being the daughter of Li-Xia, the heroine of Part One, her existence spoils the resolution of the central romantic plot of the previous part. By extension, this makes the entire Part Two of the novel and all characters debuting in it impossible to discuss without giving out major spoilers, and the summary blurb on the cover does not mention it. It's probably also the reason why the book doesn't have a table of contents.
83	* In the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' series, PC Lesley May is introduced as The WorldsMostBeautifulWoman and the series' {{muggle\|s}} voice of restraint. At the end of book one she has her face ripped off by the villain (who'd pulled a GrandTheftMe on her) in a way magic can't fix, and spends the rest of the series teaching herself magic, then pulling a FaceHeelTurn to join the bad guys who've promised her a new face. As you can imagine, everything she does after the midway point of book one has to be spoilered out. This also leads to every book blurb and review containing a LateArrivalSpoiler on her status.
84	* Donna from ''Literature/AScannerDarkly'' when it's revealed she is Arctor's superior "Hank".
85	* ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'': It's impossible to talk about Septimus without revealing he did not die at birth. Heck, the series as a whole is even called ''Septimus Heap''. It's pretty obvious once you get maybe halfway through the first book that this "Boy 412" character isn't [[IAmWho who he thinks he is.]]
86	* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is such an extreme example of this, it is nigh-impossible to give an overview of the series without giving one and a half spoilers. Especially in the later books. For example:
87	** The fact that Daenerys' NotQuiteDead nephew Aegon even exists is a massive spoiler even without getting into his actions.
88	** The Three-Eyed-Crow who has been reaching out to Bran used to be Brynden Rivers, otherwise known as Bloodraven.
89	** And now, there is Leaf, the first Child of the Forest to make his appearance.
90	* [[ItWasHisSled Everybody knows]] what Jekyll and Hyde means. But when ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' was first published, their relationship was supposed to be the twist ending!
91	* The protagonists of ''Literature/AStudyInEmerald'', as from the start, it's obvious that they're this alternative world's Dr. Watson and Literature/SherlockHolmes... except that the ending reveals they're really their {{Evil Counterpart}}s, [[TheDragon Sebastian Moran]] and [[EvilGenius Professor Moriarty]]. The fact that you can't refer to them as Watson and Holmes after knowing this is revealing.
92	%% * Henry from ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles''.
93	* ''Literature/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'':
94	** The White Queen, initially presented as the TopGod of the setting, is actually an EldritchAbomination who is {{Yandere}} for the main protagonist Kyousuke. It's impossible to discuss the series without spoiling this, given that she's the main driving force behind the plot and [[TheAtoner Kyousuke's]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome personality]].
95	** The Colorless Little Girl Dedicated to a Single Goal, whose mere name is a major spoiler. All Unexplored-Class are female entities with a color in their name, so just being called "Colorless" singles her out as being different from the rest. The latter part of her name hints at the fact that she was made specifically to defeat the White Queen.
96	* ''Literature/VampireAcademy'':
97	** Victor Dashkov, for the first book, at least. His revelation as the BigBad was a shocking surprise. [[LateArrivalSpoiler Every later appearance comes with a brief mention of what happened, spoiling the surprise for readers who haven't read the opening novel.]]
98	** Natalie Dashkov's villainous nature is a shocking surprise in the first book. All later mentions of the deceased character spoils the surprise for readers who haven't read the first novel.
99	* You can't really talk about the second half of ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}'' without revealing that God King Susebron is a perfectly harmless figurehead rather than an EvilOverlord and Bluefingers and Denth are not allies of the protagonists but the BigBad and his DragonWithAnAgenda respectively.
100	* ''Literature/WarriorCats'':
101	** Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf: it's hard to mention them in examples without mentioning the fact that they're actually the result of Leafpool and Crowfeather's forbidden relationship, not Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight's kits. Hollyleaf also later attempts to kill Ashfur and vanishes from the Clan for several books, believed to be dead.
102	** Ashfur is a minor character, right up until his attempted murder of the protagonists (which forms the climax of ''Long Shadows''). Because what characterization he got was so bound up in that one action, it's really hard to say ''anything'' about his morality or character arc without spoiling it.
103	** Most examples relating to Rock have to do with his being an immortal [[TheWatcher watcher]] who knows all of the prophecies that ever existed.
104	** Any mention of [=SkyClan=], the lost "fifth Clan" that was once disbanded and reformed, whose very existence is a massive spoiler for ''Firestar's Quest'' and the sixth series.
105	* ''Literature/WhyborneAndGriffin'': It's pretty much impossible to mention Persephone at all without massive spoilers for the first half of the series. The audience isn't even made aware of her ''species'' for several books, much less anything about her personally, but she becomes integral to the plot and a part of the core characters.
106	* ''Literature/TheWizardOfOz'': [[ItWasHisSled Everyone knows by now that the Wizard of Oz is a]] StreetMagician [[ItWasHisSled rather than an actual wizard]], but back in the 20th century it was still a huge plot twist that hardly anyone saw coming.
107	* Pretty much everything about Scion is a massive spoiler in ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. It's at least possible to discuss Scion's actions prior to his rampage without spoiling things. Eden, Abbadon/The Third Entity, Khonsu, Tohu and Bohu can't even be referred to by name or description without giving away the biggest twists.
108	* Good luck talking about the later books in ''Literature/Zodiac2014'' without revealing the true identity of [[BigBad Crompton]].
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