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Brightforest Troop

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

Berry, the Troop's former leader

**The Brightforest Troop** was a troop of baboons that originally lived in Tall Trees before briefly being moved to Baboon Island. After Stinger's death, the troop moved back to Tall Trees. Thorn combined this Troop with the Justice and Crookedtree Troops, and formed the Dawntrees Troop.

## Hierarchy

The hierarchy system, which is organized differently from real baboon troops, in the Brightforest troop is based on the structure of a tree. It is also meritocratic, meaning every baboon starts at the bottom and works their way up. A baboon can begin moving up after their sixth year, and this can be done by completing any number of the Three Feats (*see below*). With each completed Feat, an individual baboon will be allowed to rise to the next highest rank. Rank dictates what kind of food a baboon is allowed to eat, with the best food being saved for the higher ranks. Additionally, mating pairs can only consist of baboons who are of the same rank. It is strictly forbidden to have relationships across different ranks.

## Temporary/Unofficial Ranks

### Strongbranches

The Strongbranch rank was a temporary rank created by Stinger. Baboons are given this title by displaying the utmost loyalty to Stinger, along with passing a Strongfeat named by him. This rank can be obtained by any baboon, regardless of rank. Strongbranches hold power over any of the lower ranked baboons. By Stinger's word, the Strongbranch rank had replaced the Council, which briefly disbanded. By the end of Blood and Bone, the Strongbranch band was disbanded by Thorn after Stinger was killed with it's members being exiled for aiding Stinger.

### Driftleaf

Driftleaf was formerly a rank founded by Stinger to control the other residences in the Bravelands. This rank would've been abolished along with the Strongbranches after Stinger was defeated and succeeded by Thorn.

## The Three Feats

The Three Feats are the tree tasks baboons must perform to climb up the social ladder. They could be held within a period of three consecutive days. Curiously, cheating on the Feats is allowed and there are no punishments for it. Once a baboon fails a feat, they are not allowed to retry.

### Stealing an Egg From a Flesh-Eating Bird

The first Feat requires a baboon to steal an egg from a bird of prey before the moon is full.

### Crocodile River Feat

The second feat is crossing a river filled with crocodiles before sundown. This feat is watched by members of the former Council to confirm completion of the Feat.

### Baboon Duel

The final Feat is a duel between two baboons in the Glade of Duels on the Duel Stone. The first baboon to fall off the stone and hit the floor loses, while the winner is promoted to the next highest rank.
Baboons

**Baboons** are one of the many species of animals living in Bravelands.

## Official description

*The baboon troops are organized into rigid hierarchies, but they are meritocratic—every baboon starts at the bottom and can work his or her way to the top. The structure of their societies is based on trees; they believe all creatures fell from the sky, so to be high in a tree is to be closer to the Great Spirit. They also look to the sky for guidance about the future. The Starleaf of each troop interprets clouds, bird flight, lightning, shooting stars, and other celestial phenomenon.*

## Society

Just like in real life, the baboons in the Bravelands universe live in troops.

## Rankings

### *Crownleaf*

The highest ranking that a baboon can get. They are the leader of a troop. Only Highleaves can be elected to be a Crownleaf.

### *Crownguard*

This rank was created when Berry was Crownleaf to protect her.

### *Strongbranch*

This rank was created when Stinger was Crownleaf. You can be any rank to apply for this status, but to officially become a Strongbranch you have to complete a Strongfeat that is set up by Stinger.

### *Driftleaf*

Stinger created this rank so that he could keep control of the animals of Bravelands' actions.

### *Starleaf*

This rank can only be achieved if you are a Highleaf and if you pass the moonstone test. The Starleaf reads the signs of nature. They can read special Moonstones that tell them whats going to happen.

### *Goodleaf*

*Goodleaves are baboons who care for the sick or wounded.*

### *Highleaf*

The second highest-ranking of a baboon. To achieve this rank, a baboon needs to pass all Three Feats.

### *Middleleaf*

The third-highest ranking of a baboon. To achieve this rank, a baboon needs to pass two of the Three Feats.

### *Lowleaf*

The second-lowest rank of a baboon. To achieve this rank, a baboon needs to pass one of the Three Feats.

### *Deeproot*

The lowest ranking a baboon can reach. If he or she fails all three trials, they will be stuck in this ranking forever. In *Dawntrees* *Troop*, a higher ranking Baboon could also be demoted to Deeproot as punishment.

## Known Baboon Troops

A troop is a group of baboons, not to be confused with a troupe. A list of baboon troops is shown here.

1. Brightforest Troop (Merged with Justice and Crookedtree Troops to form Dawntrees)
2. Crookedtree Troop (Merged with Brightforest and Justice Troops to form Dawntrees)
3. Justice Troop (Merged with Brightforest and Crookedtree Troops to form Dawntrees)
4. Dawntrees Troop (Extant)
5. Goldenforest Troop (Status Unknown)

## Baboons

* Twig
* Mango (TotP)
* Pebble
* Trunk

## Trivia

* In real life, baboon society isn't as meritocratic as it is in the *Bravelands* Universe.
* Instead, baboon troops are mostly matriarchal and baboons are born into the rank their mother was in at the time of their birth. However the baboon can be promoted into a higher position based on their actions/behavior. Furthermore, female dominance is hereditary in olive baboon society.
Fang

**Fang Strongbranch** is a male baboon in the Brightforest Troop and was one of the friends of Nut. He was also a member of Nut's gang. Following Stinger's defeat, He along with the other Strongbranches were exiled.

## Biography

### *Blood and Bone*

He greets Fearless and tells him about how Thorn came back and "abducted" Berry when Fearless comes to warn Stinger about Sky and Loyal supposedly planning something against him. When Fearless turns on Stinger, Fang and the other Strongbranches stop Fearless from attacking him before Stinger banishes Fearless. Following Stinger's defeat, Fang and the other Strongbranches are exiled from Brightforest as punishment for aiding Stinger.
Breathstealer

## Book Appearances

**Living**
*The Shattered Horn*

**Breathstealer -** formerly known as **Tailgrabber**, is a female Hyena and a protagonist in *Bravelands: Thunder on the Plains*.

As Tailgrabber, Breathstealer wanted to bring peace between her clan and Noblepride which is currently tensional.

## Personality

Unlike most of her former clan, Breathstealer is an advocate of peace as she did not support the never ending feud with Noblepride. Even so Breathstealer does have her limits and is capable of holding grudges. For example, Breathstealer did not grant Bold mercy after killing the cubs of her former clan (One of which was Breathstealer’s nephew).

## Biography

### *The Shattered Horn*

*Coming soon!*

Starting off as "Cub", she is hunting an impala with her clanmates. When she managed to get close, the impala jinks at the last second, forcing her to latch on the only available body part she could get, its tail. Thus, she earned the name "Tailgrabber", much to her disappointment and the other hyenas' amusement.
Dauntlesspride

Keen's mother (captured by Titanpride)

Unnamed lionesses and cubs

**Dauntlesspride** is a pride of lions that was recently taken over by Titanpride. Half of the lions joined Titanpride, but others either died fighting or fled.

Fearless saved the life of Keen, Dauntless's cub, letting him flee with five other cubs. They decided to form their own pride. Fearless founnd them, starving, days later, where he took charge of them with his sister, Valor. They became Fearlesspride.
Loyal (OK)

## Loyal

**Loyal** (Not to be confused with Loyal Prideless) is the son of Valor and Mighty and nephew of Fearless.He was born alongside Gallant. The Valorcubs make their debut in Oathkeeper when their uncle comes to meet them. The pair tragically lost their father to Titan soon after. Mightypride is then merged with Fearlesspride as their uncle leads them and their mother to safety.
Gangle

**Gangle** is a male ostrich who appears in the book *Shifting Shadows.*

## Biography

### *Shifting Shadows*

Gangle appears in the prologue with his friend Flash.They are trying to lure a group of unidentified predators away from their flock. Gangle manages to escape but when he tries to call for Flash, he realizes in shock that Flash had been killed by the animals. Gangle is enraged that the animals who had killed his friend didn't kill to survive but killed for the sake of killing when he sees that only his friend's heart is missing.

**End of spoiler.**

## Trivia

* Gangle is the first character to be introduced in *Shifting Shadows.*
Noble

**Noble** is a young male from Mightypride.

## Personality

Based on his namesake, we can assume Noble is virtuous and honorable. When warning Mighty on Titan's approach, he is shown to be easily irritable and skittish.

## Biography

### *Oathkeeper*

When Noble was scouting Mightypride territory for any signs of intruders, he caught sight of Titan and bounds up quickly to warn the pride, desperately alerting Mighty that he has to come with him.

*More Coming Soon!*
Highleaf

**Highleaves** are the second highest rank in baboon troops. Highleaves are the only ones that can become Crownleaf, Goodleaves, or Starleaf.

## Council

The Highleaves formed a council to vote on decisions proposed by the Crownleaf, but Stinger replaced the council with Strongbranches. Later, after Stinger was defeated, Thorn reinstated the council.

## List Of Highleaves

* Berry Crownleaf (Deceased, formerly)
* Grub Crownleaf (Deceased, formerly)
* Nut Highleaf
* Stinger Crownleaf (Deceased, formerly)
* Fang Highleaf
* Beetle Highleaf
* Twig Highleaf
* Mango Highleaf
* Viper Highleaf
* Branch Highleaf
* Thorn Highleaf
* Petal Goodleaf (formerly)
* Pear Goodleaf (formerly)
* Blossom Goodleaf (formerly)
* Splinter Goodleaf (formerly)
Bold (TotP)

## Book Appearances

The Shattered Horn

**Bold** - is a female lion of Noblepride. She first appears in The Shattered Horn.

She killed the cubs (Including Breathstealer’s Nephew) of Gutripper’s Clan during a raid. Bold is later killed by Breathstealer in retaliation.

## Description

Bold appeared to be a young lioness who was around the same size of Breathstealer.

## Personality

Bold was a proud lioness. However, Bold was also calculating and cruel. During her initial confrontation with Tailgrabber, she tricked the latter into letting her guard down in order to lead a raiding party into the Hyenas’ camp. Bold didn’t even hesitate to kill off all the cubs within Gutripper’s Clan (One of which was Tailgrabber’s nephew). Bold’s actions however came back to bite her in the end as she was eventually killed by a vengeful Tailgrabber (Who then renamed herself Breathstealer).
Gazelle

**Gazelles** are species of animal that live in Bravelands.

## Physical Description

African gazelles in particular, the ones shown in the books, grow to be around 60-80 centimetres (or 24-31 inches) high (at the shoulder). They're brown in color, some shown with a white belly and a black streak directly above it. They have long, thin legs for running, with hard hooves. Their eyes are also very large, round, and dark, often also shiny, hence the term, "gazelle-eyed".

Males have very long, slightly curled horns, white the females either do not, or have very small horns.

Their appearance may differ depending on what subspecies they are, but for the most part, they will look extremely similar. Herds will most likely be comprised of one kind, as well.

## Gazelle

* Sprint
* Prance
* Skip

## Known Predators

* Crocodiles
* Hyenas
* Leopards
* Lions
* Cheetahs
Oathkeeper

***Oathkeeper*** is the sixth and last book in the first arc of *Bravelands*. Fearless is the lion depicted on the cover, with Thorn on the left and Sky on the right. It was released on September 22, 2020. It is followed by *Shadows on the Mountain.*

## Synopsis

*At long last, the Great Herd stands united against Titan-now so powerful that even Fearless, who vowed to avenge his stepfather's death, cannot defeat the rogue lion alone. Thorn may have a plan to bring about Titan's downfall, but the animals of Bravelands must decide how much they are willing to risk—and who they are willing to lose.*

*Set in an epic new world and told from three different animals' points of view, Bravelands will thrill readers who love the Spirit Animals and Wings of Fire series, as well as the legion of dedicated fans who've made Erin Hunter a bestselling phenomenon.*

## Gallery

English editionGerman editionDutch editionKorean edition
## References

1. ↑ https://www.harpercollins.com/products/bravelands-6-oathkeeper-erin-hunter
Brighteyes

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

**Brighteyes** was a rhinoceros calf and the late daughter of Stronghide.

## Biography

Brighteyes was the daughter of Stronghide. As described by Silverhorn, Brighteyes was beloved by everyone in her crash, and, like her namesake, the rhinoceros calf was quite optimistic and cheerful and was mourned by all when she died of an illness. Along with a strong love for his daughter, this illness prompted Stronghide to push his pride aside and ask the Great Mother for help. However, the Great Mother was unable to cure Brighteyes, as curing illnesses were out of her control. As a result of not getting any help, Brighteyes succumbed to the sickness, leaving the crash in mourning. Due to the Great Mother not being able to do anything, Stronghide formed a bitter grudge against her, which quickly boiled into a lust for vengeance. In order to achieve this, Stronghide teamed up with Stinger Crownleaf to plot the Great Mother's death and finally succeeded in doing so.

## Trivia

* Brighteyes is the reason why Stronghide agreed to Stinger's plan to murder Great Mother.
Mist

**Mist Strider** was a female elephant and the mother of Sky and Boulder. She was killed by a pride of lions.

## Biography

### *Pre-Series*

Years before *Broken Pride*, Mist Strider was born to Sun Strider and Flint. When Mist reached adulthood, she met an unknown bull elephant and together they became mates. Boulder was her firstborn. Sky came several years later. Shortly after Sky's birth, however, Mist and Sky were ambushed by a pride of lions. Sky fled while Mist stood her ground to fight the lions off. Unfortunately, Mist was overpowered by the pride's strength and numbers and was subsequently killed. Mist's sister's and mother gained took full county of Sky as a result.

### *The Spirit-Eaters*

Mist is mentioned by her daughter Sky when she meets her maternal grandfather, Flint. Flint reveals how devastated he was when he learned about his daughter's death.

## Trivia

* In the series, it said that Mist was killed by lions when Sky was still little.
* Mist is another word for fog.

1. ↑ Revealed in *Broken Pride*, page 67
Great Flock

Chatter (audience)

Birds (audience)

A **Great Flock** is a meeting in which all the birds of Bravelands  are gathered to discuss an important matter in Bravelands. In Code of Honor, a crane summoned the oxpeckers, Babble and Chatter to a Great Flock. The Great Flock was hosted by the vulture, Windrider. She informed the birds of Bravelands that Great Mother had been murdered and said that change was coming upon Bravelands.
Golden wolves

## African Golden Wolves

**The golden wolves** are based on the African Golden Wolf(*Canis Anthus*) which lives in North-East Africa. Golden Wolves are smaller than common wolves, such as the Gray Wolf, but still stay in packs. In real life, the golden wolves tend to eat small creatures ranging from bugs and hares to young gazelles and warthogs.

## Bravelands Golden Wolves

The Golden Wolves that are in Bravelands break the code by killing solely to eat an animal's heart. Doing so makes the animals spirit stay in Bravelands, so the spirit can't rise up to the stars. Presumably their titles reflect the amount of hearts the ingested. For example, Slash’s title was **Slash, Eater of Eighteen Hearts.** It is unknown if their titles actually reflect the number of hearts the wolves have eaten or is simply the name of the ranks itself.

## Known Golden Wolves

A list of known golden wolves, mentioned or otherwise, can be found here.

## Trivia

* Despite the name, (African) golden wolves are not actual wolves (*Canis lupus* sp.) but rather a related species that shares the same name.
Great Spirit

The **Great Spirit** chooses the Great Mother or Great Father, who protects and leads Bravelands. The Great Spirit is the ultimate guardian and spirit of Bravelands. It holds the power of life and death of every creature in the land. It embeds itself within the Great Mother or Great Father to act as a guide to help the Great Parent lead the other creatures. The Great Spirit also grants the Great Parent the power to listen to and understand Skytongue, the language of birds, because the birds also serve as guardians and help the Great Parent, vultures specifically.

## Biography

### *Code of Honor*

The Great Spirit unleashed torrential rain, rough winds, unbearable heat, and massive floods upon Bravelands as a punishment for Great Mother's death after she was murdered by Stronghide, who was influenced by Stinger. Later, when Sky traveled with Moon, Silverhorn, and Rock in search of the next Great Parent, the Great Spirit embedded itself within her to guide her on the journey. Due to the it being inside Sky she could understand what the vultures on the Vulture Mountain were saying. This is how she was able to understand Windrider's orders as to what to do next on her quest. Since the Great Spirit is inside Thorn, he is the new Great Parent.

## Trivia

* Although the previous Great Parents have been an elephant as far as any Bravelander can remember, it's been revealed in Shifting Shadows that the Great Spirit has been passed on to at least three different animals that weren't elephants before Thorn.
	+ Interestingly enough, one of these former Great Parents was also a baboon like Thorn.
	+ In *The Spirit-Eaters* it's revealed that at least one giraffe had hosted the great Spirit as well. This makes the known amount of non-elephant species to have hosted the Great Spirit a total of 4.
Patient

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

**Patient** was a Fearlesspride lioness. After the death of Mighty, she was murdered by the golden wolves on their trek to find new territory.

## Personality

Along with her namesake, which she was inevitably named for, Patient was described to be a good scout and was difficult to spot by enemies due to her stealth.

## Biography

### *Oathkeeper*

When the golden wolves are seen to be spying on the pride from nearby, Fearless commands a line of scouts to be placed outside the territory of the kopje to war off and keep note of their enemies. Fearless thanks Glory after her patrol, where all has seemingly gone well, and ask who's next. Glory tells him that Patient is on the other side of a small gully keeping watch, and he stalks off towards her noted location. He cannot hear a sound from her and pushes through a scrub bush, tracking her scent until he came across a strong reek of blood along with the scent of the wolves. Fearless follows the pawprints that lead into the darkness and is gripped by sudden terror when he discovers Patient's lifeless body strewn across the ground. Even in death, her muzzle is curled in a threatening snarl, and, upon further observation and little surprise, her heart had been ripped out of her chest.

**End of spoiler.**
Branch (baboon)

## Branch

**Branch Highleaf** is a baboon in the Brightforest Troop.

## Personality

*Coming soon!*

They are seen during the Council meeting concerning the moving of Brightforest Troop. Branch agrees with Grub when he says how the movements of the troop are not the concern of Fearless.
They are later seen alongside Mango overseeing the second feat of the Three Feats. When Nut sabotages Thorn and Mud's attempts at crossing the crocodile river, Thorn questions Branch and Mango if they saw what Nut was doing. Branch shrugs and says that they're only there to report on the successful baboons, and asks Mango if she thinks that what Nut did was against the rules. Branch and Mango are later seen watching Thorn curiously as he scares off a flock of storks to get his plan to cross the river going.
When Grub dies, Branch screams that the troop is doomed.

### *Code of Honor*

Branch is seen sleeping when Thorn looks for Starleaf to warn her about Stinger and his Strongbranches.They are one of the baboons who heavily object Stinger's decision to disband the Council, as they were a member of the Council.

**End of spoiler.**
Grandmother

**Grandmother** was a female Serpent and the primary antagonist of the Second Arc.
She is killed after being lured into a river of lava by Prance Greatmother.

## Description

Grandmother was a massive female serpent with the ability to mind control other animals. Her eyes were scales are black with a faint red iridescent and a forked red tongue.

## Personality

Grandmother was a power-hungry serpent bent on taking over the Bravelands. She has poisoned hundreds if not thousands of creatures with her mind-control venom so her victims could do her bidding. Grandmother is also shown to be intolerant towards those she deems weak or incompetent. One notable example of this is when she devours Range as punishment for his (and Chase's) inability to eliminate a Gorilla Troop (Save for the Silverback). Grandmother doesn't have any true allies, Everyone in her Sandtounge Cult was brainwashed into serving the massive serpent and were expendable in Grandmother's eyes.

## Biography

### *The Venom Spreads*

Grandmother entrances Gorge and her float and draws them to The Mountain. She is indirectly mentioned when Bramble recaps his unsuccessful attempt to rescue Dayflower when Grandmother restrained the latter. Bramble believes that Grandmother had Dayflower killed soon after. When Seek begins to act uncharacteristically aggressive, a Hyena reveals to Chase and Shadow that Seek has fallen under grandmother's control. Chase initially scoffs at the idea as she was also bitten by Grandmother's snakes and still has free will. The hyena then asks if Chase had consumed any rotten flesh recently which Chase confirms. The Hyena explains the consumption of rotted flesh grants immunity to Grandmother's mind control. Shadow however, remains skeptical of the hyenas claim. Chase finds that Seek had vanished and sets off to look for him. She finds her cousin among the Mind-controlled Burbarktroop proclaiming their allegiance to Grandmother. Following her unsuccessful rescue attempt, Chase learns from Ribsnapper that Grandmother is the leader of the Sandtounge Cult. When Chase is captured by Burbarktroop, the gorillas attempt to brainwash her into serving grandmother. Unbeknownst the them, Chase is immune to Grandmother's mind-control due to consuming rotted flesh. Back on the Plains Thorn and Prance use astral projection to confront Grandmother. Grandmother threatens to take over to conquer all of Bravelands. Prance rhetorically asks the serpent who is she to control other animals. Grandmother reveals that she goes by many titles. Thorn warns Grandmother that Bravelands will not go down without a fight and had dealt with tyrants before and declares that she will be no more successful than they were. Grandmother however, believes she will succeeded where the others have failed. She gloats that there's nothing Thorn or Prance could do about. However the pair disagrees.

## Trivia

* It is unknown which species of serpent she is.
	+ Although Grandmother's species could be fictional as she is shown to be enormous.

1. ↑ The Venom Spreads, page 257
Flint

**Flint** is a male elephant who is a member of Thunder's Herd. He is also Sun Strider's widower and the maternal grandfather of Sky, Boulder, Horizon, Moon, Creek and several unnamed elephants.

## Biography

### *The Spirit-Eaters*

Shortly after the other bulls are finished making a clearing for Thorn,
Sky meets Flint, who reveals himself to be her paternal grandfather. He tells her how distraught he was when he learned that her mother was killed by a pride of lions.
Later, Flint travels along with the rest of his herd-brothers to the Plain of Hearts. Later Flint and Sky talk about the rage and how it provided Flint with Sky and a lot of other grandchildren. After Sky tells Flint about taking Rock as mate and subsequent break up, Flint states that he is doubtful that Rock was truly at fault for the death of River Marcher as why Bulls are known to fight other males under The Rage, they don't attack their potential mates.
When a fire breaks out in Tall Trees Sky leads the other elephants to help put out the fire. Flint remains behind with Nimble and Lively to look after Horizon.
Bony

**Bony** is a male Spotted Hyena who is a member of Skulldrinker's Clan.

## Biography

### *The Spirit-Eaters*

Bony is a scrawny male Henya who was nicknamed by Fearless for his build fighting with one of his packmates Fearless Nicknamed as "Fat-Belly" (For the latter had a fat belly).

## Trivia

* Bony's real name is unknown as "Bony" was a nickname given to him by Fearless in reference for his scrawny Build.
* Bony is the 5th (Unless Stinger legally changed his named from Seed to Stinger) Bravelands Character to have a Nickname.
	+ The other Five are Fearless, Ruthless (Useless), Seed (Stinger), Sun Strider (Great-Mother), and "Fat-Belly"
Moon

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

**Moon Strider** was a young male elephant.

He was the son of Star and Dune, and the younger cousin of Sky. During the trek with Sky and Silverhorn, Moon was fatally injured in their fight against members of Titanpride and later died. He was then buried.

## Appearance

Moon was a small male calf with leathery gray skin.

## Biography

### *Broken Pride*

Sky is shown comforting Moon when the lions appear. Moon journeys with the rest of the Strider family to find water and then play with Sky when they find it.

Then, later on, Sky and Moon meet a rhino crash, which is possibly Stronghide's. Then, a few chapters later, they play together. They head for the Plain of our Ancestors, and Moon asks many questions about it.

### *Code of Honor*

Moon and Sky are devastated by Great Mother's death, and Sky runs away with Great Mother's tusk. Moon follows her and convinces her that she must let him stay. Star, Moon's mother, is panicking by the Watering Hole, and the elephants are looking for both of them. Little do they know, the lions are ready to ambush them.

Sky tells Moon a story about an elephant named Cloud, who went looking for a star. She uses the story to comfort him when he is scared. They meet Silverhorn and continue on their journey. The lions attack, and Titan gets a hold of Moon's neck. Sky calls for help, but it is too late. Moon dies, as Sky tells him the end of the story, finally telling him as he died, "And he found the star and he was *happy*."

### *The Spirit-Eaters*

Moon doesn't formally appear but is mentioned several times by Sky Strider. When Breeze goes into labor, Star reassures her sister that her son was born in the day as well.

When Horizon is born, Sky thinks about Moon when she notices Star's grief stricken face. When the Golden Wolves cause a buffalo stampede, a terrified Sky thinks about Moon when Horizon gets caught in the middle.

## Kin

Mother: Star

Father: Dune

Grandmother: Sun Greatmother

Grandfather: Flint

Cousins: Sky, Boulder, Creek, Horizon, Boabab, Rock, Moonbeam

Aunts: Mist, Mirage, Twilight, Comet, Rain, Timber, Breeze, Cloud

Uncles: Branch, Ravine, Unnamed Bulls

## Trivia

* He wanted Sky to change the female character in her story (Cloud) to a male character, likely because he wanted to imagine himself as the protagonist.

1. ↑ *Broken Pride*, page 68
2. ↑ *Broken Pride*, page 74
3. ↑ *Broken Pride*, page 68
4. ↑ *Broken Pride*, page 68
Oxpeckers

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

**Oxpeckers** are birds that ride on animals' backs to peck and eat insects and parasites. The animal is cleaned and the oxpeckers are getting food. This only occurs with herbivores, such as zebras and gazelles, as to avoid being eaten by carnivorous animals such as lions and cheetahs.

## History

### *Code of Honor*

Babble, an oxpecker, is eating insects from a rhino and talks to his friend, Chatter, about searching for food. Babble then quotes "Don't worry about today, because tomorrow there'll still be insects." from another oxpecker named Prattle. He and Chatter are signalled by a crane to attend a Great Flock. They fly to the Great Flock only to discover that Great Mother is dead. As it started to rain, Chatter said that the Great Spirit is angered by Great Mother's death. Babble then questions Prattle's quote, as he is in despair.
Gentle

**Gentle** is a male lion from Fearlesspride.

## Personality

Based on his namesake, it can be assumed that Gentle is patient, calm, and reserved. Because he was with Valor's cubs during an attack, his soft demeanor makes him a good caretaker.

## Biography

### *Oathkeeper*

During the battle with Titan's golden wolves, Gentle is described to be with Valor's cubs at the time of the incident.
Antelopes

A herd of Thomspon's Gazelle, a species of antelope

An **antelope** can refer to any one of the even-toed ungulates of Bravelands. They are known as *"grass-eaters"* (or *"grazers"*) since they graze on grass and other vegetation, rather than hunting animals and eating meat.
The lions hunt antelopes; Valor has hunted one before.
Brambletroop

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

**Brambletroop** (Formerly Burbarktroop) is a troop of Gorillas who are featured in Shadows on the Mountain.
It's also the troop of Bramble. They (Excluding Bramble and Moonflower) were enthralled by Grandmother before the latter's subsequent defeat.

## Territory

Burbarktroop resides in the African Highlands in a Tropical Rainforest

## Society

Burbarktroop's society is very akin to that of real-life Gorilla societies. The troop is led a Male Silverback. If the Silverback isn't ousted by another male he'll pass on his rank to the Brightback.

The Females of the troop are called Goldbacks. The Goldbacks are tasked with tending with the wounded.

With the exception of Bramble and Moonflower, Burbarktroop eventually falls under the control of Grandmother and her forces. However, the troop is regains it's freewill after Grandmother is killed. However, Burbark dies soon after from the poison in his system. Bramble succeds his father as Silverback and the troop is renamed "Brambletroop".

## History

### *Blood on the Plains*

Burbarktroop is revealed to have captured other Gorrila Troops and enthralled them with Grandmother's Venom.

## Ranks

### Silverback

The Silverback is the leader of the troop. He is always a male and their back has distinctly silver fur (hence their title).
The Silverback also uses his title as their surname.

### Known Silverbacks

* Burbark
* Bramble

### Greenbacks

Little is known about the Greenbacks' role within the troop; However the Greenback may be the rank given to the the Silverback's children (Minus the Brightback) as Bramble was originally Greenback and is the son of the current Silverback.

### Blackbacks

Blackbacks are male gorillas who are subordinate to the Silverback.

### Known Blackbacks

* Groundnut
* Bindweed
* Woodnettle
* Branch
* Pear
* Spiderwort
* Mallow

### Goldbacks

Goldbacks are the females within the Gorrilla Troop. Similar to Goodleaves, they tend to the wounded.

### Known Goldbacks

* Apple
* Lantana

### Brightback

The Brightback is the heir apparent to the troop. He succeeds his father as the troop's Silverback after the latter dies. However an unrelated Blackback can also become Brightback if the current Silverback has no sons of if those sons are deemed unfit for leadership.

### Known Brightbacks

* Cassava
* Bramble

### Mistback

The Mistback is the Troop's prophetess. She experiences and interprets visons. This rank was formed by Pepper Mistback.

### Known Mistbacks

* Dayflower
* Moonflower

## Trivia

* Burbarktroop is the first Gorilla Troop is featured in the Bravelands Franchise.

## List of Members

* Burbark ✝
* Bramble
* Moonflower
* Dayflower ✝
* Groundnut
* Bramble and Cassava's Mother (Formerly; Deceased)
* Unnamed Goldbacks
* Cassava ✝
* Apple
* Woodnettle
* Branch
* Bindweed
* Pear
* Spiderwort
* Mallow
* Seek (Unwillingly/Formerly)
* Range ✝
* Chase (Unwillingly/Formerly)

## References

1. ↑ Shadows on the Mountain, Chapter 1
2. ↑ Shadows on the Mountain, Chapter 1
Bloodfang

**Bloodfang** is a hyena who is a member of Skulldrinker's Clan. Bloodfang and her Clan debut in *The Spirit-Eaters .*

## Biography

### *The Spirit-Eaters*

Bloodfang appears when Fearless and his group are going to the hyenas' den. She tells Bony and Fat-Belly to shut up, or else she'll eat their eyeballs. Bony and Fat-Belly insult her, calling her Eater-of-Beetles and saying she couldn't eat their eyeballs if they were rolling loose on the ground.
Muddy River Bask

## Muddy River Bask

### Members

* Clamp
* Snag
* Unnamed Females
* Unnamed Hatchlings
* Rend
* Grab
* Grab's Offspring

### Book Appearnces

The Spirit-Eaters
Oathkeeper

The Muddy River Bask are a Float of crocodiles formerly led by Rip.

 They make their debut The Spirit-Eaters.

## Territory

The Muddy River Bask presumably lives in a Muddy River, hence their namesake.

## Relationships with other Groups

* Plunge's Herd (Neutral)
* Thorn's Band (Mixed)
* Bloodheart Pack (Mixed)
* Dawntrees Troop (Neutral)
Fire (Phenomenon)

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*
**Fire**, or **Fire Flowers**, is a chemical that's fatally hot. Fire is apparently rare in Bravelands, as few of its inhabitants seem to know what it is. But those who do think it is a strange kind of plant.

## Information

Fire is a hazardous, and often fatally hot, substance that grows and spreads in dry land. The dryer the land, the more dangerous fire is. Fire can be caused by lightning, flint, or using a clear, glasslike stone to amplify the sun's rays to heat up kindling.[*citation needed*]

## Weaknesses

Fire can be eradicated by creating a "fire-break," -an area surrounding the fire that contains no flammable substances-until the fire burns itself out, or if the fire is showered with water, such as rain. Apparently even fewer animals know that water also eradicates fire, since in *The Spirit-Eaters*, Thorn and Nut exclaimed that the rain would feed the fire, as they believed it to be a plant.

**End of spoiler.**

## References

1. ↑ Revealed in: *The Spirit-Eaters*, chapter *???*
2. ↑ Revealed In: *The Spirit-Eaters*, chapter *???*
3. ↑ *The Spirit-Eaters*, page 271
4. ↑ *The Spirit-Eaters*, page 285-286
Owen Richardson

**Owen Richardson** is the main cover artist for the *Bravelands* series.

## Quote

*"I have been fortunate to work with the best designers and directors in bringing these pictures to life; and we have worked hard to reimagine them in a new and beautiful series of covers that might inspire new Clans of readers. I sincerely hope you approve of the new covers. For it is in the imagination of you, the faithful readers of this series that these characters are truly brought to life."*
― Owen Richardson
### Bravelands

Richardson has created all of the first edition covers for Bravelands, including *Broken Pride*.

### Other Works

Some of Owen's other works include designing the covers for other popular young adult books, including *Percy* *Jackson & the Olympians*, *Artemis Fowl*, *Daniel X*, and many others.

## Websites

* Owen's Digital Portfolio, which contains some of his other works.
* Owen's page on HarperCollins' website, which lists some of the books in which he has worked on the covers for.

## Trivia

* Kate believes that Owen will be working on the covers for all future books written by Erin Hunter, and this is proven to be true, due to Wayne McLoughlin passing in July of 2015.
* He enjoys giving cats white muzzles.

## References

1. ↑ Warrior Cats Forums
2. ↑ Kate's blog
3. ↑ forums.warriorcats.com
4. ↑ Revealed on Owen's Digital Portfolio
5. ↑ Kate's Blog
6. ↑ Vicky's Facebook
Attack on Dawntrees Troop

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

The **attack on Dawntrees Troop** was an unsuccessful assault perpetrated by Crookedtree Troop.

## Description

When, Thorn, Nut and Spider are captured by Tendril Crownleaf, She reveals her intenitons to launch an attack Dawntrees Troop without warning by sneaking herself and her followers in at night when all of the Dawntrees Baboons are sleeping. Unbeknown to Tendril Thorn is the Great Father as soon as Tendril leaves Thorn and his commerades for dead, Thorn is able to use is powers to convince the bats to assist him and his friends, saving their lives. The trio then return to Dawntrees to warn Berry Crownleaf about Tendril's upcoming assault thwarting Crookedtree's attempt to take Dawntrees by supprise. When Tendril leads her followers into Tall Trees the following night, Dawntrees launches a counterattack against Crookedtree. Crookedtree is outmatched by Dawntrees resulting in Berry demoting Tendril to Deeproot and taking the latter as a POW. Meanwhile, Tendril's reaming followers surrender and flee back to Shadow Forest.

### Aftermath

While Tendril Deeproot is being held hostage, Berry considers executing the former as punishment for her crimes. Thorn doesn't think it's a good idea as even though Tendril done Dawntrees great harm, vengeance is unnecessary so ending Tendril's life would make Berry a Codebreaker if she were to carry it out. Berry however disagreed and reminded Thorn that Tendril ended the life of her own mother when Pear did nothing but attempt to reason with Tendril. Despite this, Thorn still thinks killing Tendril in revenge defeats the purpose defeats the purpose of justice. Thorn then tells Berry that deep down she knows that he's right and warns her that killing Tendril won't give her the satisfaction she craves. Berry then reminds Thorn that the next Great-Parent hasn't come foward yet and until then, Berry doesn't see any reason why it should matter weather or not her idea of justice is agnast the code. This prompts Thorn to reveal that he's the current Great-Parent. Despite this however, Berry feels betrayed by Thorn and expels him from Dawntrees as a result.

Later on however, Berry sees the error of her ways and ends up realizing Tendril and reconciles with Thorn by the following Great Gathering.
Council

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

### Purpose

To make decisions for the Brightforest Troop (Temporarily replaced by Stinger with the Strongbranches)

### Founded by

Brightforest Troop
Unknown baboon(s)

### Members

Stinger (formerly)
Grub (formerly)
Beetle (formerly)

The **Council** is a group of Highleaf baboons including the Crownleaf, that made big decisions for the troop. In *Code of Honor*, Stinger Crownleaf disbanded the Council and replaced it with the rank of the Strongbranches. This caused Mango Highleaf, a member the Council, to protest. However, she complied when reminded of Stinger's power, authority, and ruthlessness, as well as his strength, cruelty, and "right to rule" (despite breaking The Code).

However, the Council was reinstated after Stinger's defeat.

## Retinue

Each individual member of the Council brings their "retinue," a few baboons who will accompany them at a Council Meeting.

## How it Works

The Council discusses important legislations of the Brightforest Troop, each saying their thought on it, and then the leader makes the decision, deciding from what the other Council members think.

## Trivia

* The last leader of the Council was Grub before he was poisoned by Stinger.
* In The Code of Sunrise and Moonlight, it was revealed that a Crownleaf, Sunrise, was killed by her own Council. This may suggest can a Council has a right to do that, although this cannot be said for sure.
Forceful

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

**Forceful** is a male lion, a member of Fearlesspride, and a former member of Dauntlesspride and Titanpride.

## Appearance

Forceful is a young male lion with pale fur that's almost white, and a thin, patchy mane.

## Biography

### *Code of Honor*

After Forceful wins against a dark-pelted male lion as well as a lion named Proud, (and possibly many more, seeing the end result and Titan's approval), Titan says that his name suits him well, and then continues on to welcome Forceful as well as the other young lions into Titanpride.

### *The Spirit-Eaters*

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*While tracking Titan, Fearless and his friends stumble upon Titanpride territory. One of the male lions, Forceful claims to have taken over as leader and deems his pride mates subjects of Forcefulpride. But his supposed subordinates state that Forceful status as leader isn't recognized by any lion or even any animal. However, Fearless still wants to fight Forceful for his "Pride". Fearless emerges as the victor of the duel and agrees to spare his opponent.

1. ↑ *Code of Honor* page 193
2. ↑ *Code of Honor* page 194
Leopards

An African leopard

A **leopard** is an animal, part of the Felidae (Cat) family. Not much is known about the leopards in Bravelands.

## Book appearances

The Spirit-Eaters

Shadows on the Mountain

The Venom Spreads

## Naming Customs

Leopards are named after verbs (e.g. Chase, Slink, Prowl), or if not, a characteristic (e.g. Shadow, Sleek). Their surname consists of "Born of (Mother's name)" (e.g. Chase Born of Prowl, Seek Born of Slink).

## Lifestyle

Leopards live in groups called "Leaps," and are nocturnal (Active at Night).

Male Leopards are particularly solitary while females break their solitude when raising cubs.

Male Leopards sometimes fight other leopards for territory. If the previous owner of said territory is female, the male may take her as his mate and if the leopardess has any cubs in her custody, the male will kill the cubs to keep his bloodline dominant.

Leopards address their maternal aunts as "Mother-Sister" and presumably they refer their maternal uncles as "Mother-Brothers" while paternal aunts/uncles are presumably addressed as "Father-Sisters/Brothers".

Leopards aren’t particularly social towards anyone outside of their family members and believe that they should only trust themselves.

## Creation Myth

The Leopards of The Mountain have a mythology about their origins. According to legend, the Mountain created the Leopards to keep the Gorillas in their place hence the rivalry between the two species.

## Known Leopards

* Great Father Sleek
* Chase
* Prowl
* Seek
* Slink
* Shadow
* Stealth
* Range
* Sprint

## References

1. ↑ https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/leopard
2. ↑ Shadows on the Mountain, Page 59
Hippopotamuses

**Hippopotamuses** are a species of animal in the Bravelands.

Like most animals, they follow The Code, and had never broken it until they fought a bask of crocodiles at the Great Gathering, killing their leader, and many others.

Upon arrival to the Watering Hole, they were shocked at seeing Great Mother's deceased body, and the hippo leader falsely accused the crocodiles of being responsible for her death. This lead the hippopotamuses to fight, and kill, the female leader of the bask of crocodiles. Sky Strider, a young elephant, attempted to reason with the bloat of hippos by saying they are breaking the Code, but her efforts were ignored as the hippos continued to slaughter the rest of the bask. The bask was divided in the skirmish with some who fought the threat and some who dove underwater to avoid the turmoil. The remaining crocodiles hurried on the bank of the Watering Hole, but the bloat of hippos had killed a large amount of the bask. Sky then shouted that this is not what Great Mother wanted and that she upheld the Code, but they did not listen to her plea and ran in pursuit of the surviving crocodiles into the trees. After Stinger's defeat the Hippos come to their senses and return to following the code.
Creeper

**Creeper Highleaf** was a male baboon of the Dawntrees Troop. He eventually overthrew his troop, along with other members of the Crown Guard, and served Titan as a loyal follower before being murdered by the wolves of Bloodheart Pack.

## Description

Creeper was described as a grizzled baboon with one eye, and a surly expression. Creeper was ugly, with patchy fur and ravaged with red scars.

## Biography

### *The Spirit-Eaters*

In *the Spirit-Eaters*, Creeper and Viper are among the the attendants at Thorn's coronation as the new and true Great Father. At the Great Father Clearing, Mud and Nut revealed that when Berry isn't looking, Creeper and the Crownguard defy her authority.

When Thorn accuses the Crownguard of killing Tendril and abandoning Seedling, Creeper makes no attempt to feign innocence and proudly admits that he was at fault for Tendril's death. Berry exiles him for his codebreaking and defying the Crownleaf's orders, but Creeper and the Crownguard turn on Berry and Thorn and convince a large portion of Dawntrees Troop to side with them. This usurping forces Berry and Thorn into exile and replaces the leadership role with Creeper and his fellow Crownguards as co-leaders.

### *Oathkeeper*

Creeper is present when Sky and Rock arrive to find a mother for Seedling. Creeper is apathetic and initially suggest that the elephants leave Seedling to die but reluctantly agrees to accept her into Dawntrees. Creeper summons Scratcher and asks if she'll adopt Seedling since Scratcher has lost a child of her own. Scratcher agrees to take Seedling in as her own. Later on Creeper and the Crownguard ally themselves with Titan.

Titan later ordered Creeper to bring him Thorn, but fails. And when he returned, upon seeing his failure, Titan, along with the Bloodheart Pack and Menace, decide to kill him. Though it were the wolves that killed him, It is unknown who ate his heart.

## Quotes

*"[...] Titan is tired of your Great-Father-Monkey and his tricks. If Thorn doesn't give himself up, Titan won't ever leave your precious graveyard. You know, the wolves need to keep their teeth sharp, and this place is very helpful. I daresay it'll take them a long time to grind so many bones to dust, but eventually they will. Maybe they'll leave after that? I don't know [...]. Maybe Titan and the Wolfpride will stay* forever*."*
― about Titan and Bloodheart pack staying in the Plain of our Anscestors (*Oathkeeper*, page 192-193)
## Trivia

* Creeper was formerly a Highleaf baboon of the Crookedtree Troop.
* A creeper is defined as "any plant that grows along the ground, around another plant, or up a wall by means of extending stems or branches".

1. ↑ *Oathkeeper*, page 191
Flick

Flick is a female Dik-dik serving Menacepride as bait.
Despite being a hostage, Flick doesn't mind serving Meancepride, beleving that Meance will never harm her as long as she doesn't disobey her.

## Personality

Flick is devoted to Meancepride despite being her captors. She has no qualms baiting other animals on Menacepride's behalf believing that the lions will never kill her as long as she continues to serve them. However, Prance is well aware that Menace will eventually deem Flick expendable no matter how devout the latter is to the former.