Bravelands

**Bravelands** is a series written by Erin Hunter. The three main protagonists of the first arc are Fearless, Thorn, and Sky, and of the second arc, they are Bramble, Chase and Prance.

## Book descriptions

### **First Arc**

#### *Broken Pride*

A lion cast out from his pride. An elephant who can read the bones of the dead. A baboon rebelling against his destiny. *For generations, the animals of the African plains have followed a single rule: only kill to survive. But when an unthinkable act of betrayal shatters the peace, the fragile balance between predators and prey will rest in the paws of three unlikely heroes.*

#### *Code of Honor*

A baboon who has uncovered an act of treachery. An elephant uncertain of her fate. A lion poised to strike. *The code of the wild has been broken. The elephant leader known as Great Mother has been murdered. And Bravelands is on the edge of chaos. Now a young baboon, elephant, and lion must come together to discover the truth—before the fragile balance of Bravelands is destroyed forever.*

#### *Blood and Bone*

An elephant entrusted with a powerful gift. A lion treading a dangerous path. A baboon trapped by the truth. *A great evil has risen. A murderer now leads the animals of the plains. As the elephant Sky leads her herd in a desperate search for Braveland's rightful leader, the baboon Thorn is forced to flee his old troop, and the lion Fearless, once their friend, is led astray by a tyrant.* *The balance of Bravelands is about to shatter—unless predator, prey, and scavenger unite as one.*

#### *Shifting Shadows*

*A false leader has been destroyed—but Bravelands is still in grave danger.* *Stinger's death should have brought peace to the land; but no Great Parent has stepped forward, and now the fate of Bravelands hangs in the balance. With a mysterious threat lurking in their midst, all members of the Great Herd must find the strength to walk the right path or risk the end of Bravelands forever.*

#### *The Spirit-Eaters*

An elephant torn between heart and herd. A baboon chosen to lead. A lion bound to his oath. *True evil has come to Bravelands… Only hope will drive it out…* *As the new Great Father, the young baboon, Thorn, hopes to guide Bravelands to peace after a period of great turmoil. But a pack of rogue wolves lurks among the Great Herd, committing acts so evil they threaten to shatter that peace before it's even begun.* *The animals of the Great Herd must once again unite to defend their home against those who would watch it burn.*

#### *Oathkeeper*

A baboon sworn to protect. An elephant embraced by destiny. A lion prepared to risk it all. *Evil is strong - They must be stronger* The balance of Bravelands is at a breaking point, but the Great Herd has found a common enemy to unite them all: Titan and his bloodthirsty allies. After eating the hearts of his victims, Titan is powerful beyond measure. Sky's connection to the Great Spirit tells her that unless he is destroyed, the natural order of Bravelands may never recover, and though Fearless is determined to honor his oath and avenge his father's death, he cannot defeat the rouge lion alone. The new Great Father, Thorn, has a plan to bring about Titan's downfall. But the animals of the Great Herd must decide how much they are willing to risk - and who they are willing to lose.

### **Second Arc**

#### *Shadows on the Mountain*

A gorilla with a deadly secret. A leopard struck by tragedy. A gazelle cast out of her herd. *For generations, the Silverback troop has lived in peaceful seclusion high above the plains, but when a new evil descends on their home, one young gorilla must venture into the unknown to prevent darkness from taking hold of all they hold dear*

#### *The Venom Spreads*

*Friends and family are split as longtime allies turn on each other, and born foes form unlikely bonds. The very threat that led Bramble to leave the place he called home has ensnared the creatures who live on the mountain.*

*As the mysterious poison begins to affect more and more animals, Chase struggles to determine where her loyalties should lie. And down on the plains, Prance prays that the Great Spirit will send Thorn a solution to the shadowy menace.*

*But even the Great Father may not be able to save them this time.*

*Full of epic adventure and thrilling intrigue, this new Bravelands adventure 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.*

## Plot

### *Broken Pride*

##### *This information is copied from the Bravelands Wiki*

In the prologue, a vulture named Windrider is flying over Bravelands when she sees two lion cubs. The smaller cub looks up at her, and she receives a sign--a roar that shakes the sky, that no one else can hear or feel. In Gallantpride, Swiftcub is practicing how to hunt along with his sister, Valor. The two cubs chase after meerkats before their hide away in their burrows, and they come back unsuccessful. Although their father comes to comfort them, Swiftcub notices a scorpion that could sting Gallant, so he reacts quickly by knocking it away unharmed. Swift and Valor scold him slightly, but Gallant holds a ceremony to give Swiftcub his new name right after. He names his son Fearless Gallantpride (Fearless), and others congratulate him, but Gallant suddenly notices something in the west. It's revealed by Swift that Titan and his cronies have arrived and want to challenge Gallant's leadership of the pride. Once Titan arrives, the leadership battle ensues, with Gallant remaining victorious, until Titan goes against the rules and has his cronies help keep Gallant in place so he can kill him. Once Gallant is killed, Swift angrily confronts Titan after he broke the rules, but he shows no remorse or regret for his actions, so Swift attacks him. Soon, the whole pride joins in, but Titan and his cronies keep them at bay, saying that rebels won't be allowed, but then notices Fearless and Valor and tells Cunning to kill Gallant's heirs. Fearless manages to escape, but Valor is captured, and he is left all alone. A eagle snatches him and brings him to their nest to eat later. Fearless wakes up and realizes where he is, but he can't find a safe way to get down, fortunately, a baboon saves him from falling. Although Fearless attempts to get away, the baboon seems friendly and introduces himself as Stinger, and after sharing minor information about each other, Stinger helps him get to the ground. He brings Fearless to Brightforest Troop, which causes others to stare and ask. Stinger says that Fearless is the "Cub of the Stars" and was sent by the Great Spirit, and the Starleaf believes his claims as well. Other baboons don't like Fearless staying with them, especially a baboon named Grub, who tries to convince others that it's unnatural for a lion cub living in the trees.

### *Blood and Bone*

##### *This information is copied from the Bravelands Wiki*

In the prologue, Windrider is flying with her flock in an attempt to reach the swallows to let them know that the Great Spirit has returned. She catches up to them and tells them the good news, but the swallows' leader, Quickwing, retorts that the Great Spirit has abandoned them and he informs Windrider that they're leaving Bravelands. She is unable to stop them, so she decides that she and her flock must rest, and as she is about to settle on the Lightning Tree, it is suddenly struck by lightning and is set ablaze. Windrider and her flock flee and she realizes that it was an omen. Sky is running through the forest and witnesses Fearless about to kill Thorn, but before he can sink his teeth into his throat, Sky charges into his side and flings him off Thorn. She then curls her trunk around Thorn and carries him away to somewhere safe and asks why Fearless tried to kill him, and Thorn reveals to her all the crimes Stinger has committed, and explains that Fearless blames him for Stinger's actions due the latter misleading the lion cub. Sky then informs Thorn of her mission to find the next Great Parent. Thorn and Sky eventually part ways and Sky along with Silverhorn and Rock return to the Striders. There, she reveals her most recent news such as Moon's death and how Stinger was involved in their fallen Matriarch's death, along with his usurping her role as Great Parent. Rain Strider, the eldest daughter and successor of the previous matriarch is enraged by this, and gathers the rest of her family to confront Stinger and avenge Great Mother, much to Sky's dismay. Meanwhile Thorn finds Nut who explained that the reason why he failed to protect the Starleaf was because he was outmatched by the Strongbranches. These Strongbranches then return to confront the two Baboons. Thorn covers himself and Nut in animal dung to mask their scent; That way, the duo is able to avoid detection and decide to flee to the Leopard Forest, since it's the last place Stinger would look for them due to the prevalence of Leopards (which are known to eat Baboons). Meanwhile, The Strider's go to confront Stinger however Sky's fears come true when Stinger also turns public opinion against she and her family. This results in Rain Strider's death causing Comet to become the next Matriarch despite not having enough experience. Comets age and inexperience is a concern for Sky due to the fact the Comet didn't receive enough guidance from Rain while she was still alive. Fearless regains conscious back at Stinger's hollow. Fearless is ashamed for not killing Thorn since the latter was supposedly a heartless killer. Stinger reassures Fearless that Thorn's survival was not Fearless fault but Sky's for her intervention. Stinger then reveals that the Strider's have confronted him about being a fraud. Stinger however lies that the Strider's have no idea what they were talking about due to supposedly being driven mad by grief. Fearless believes Stinger's deception without question due to the former's age and inexperience along with his naive trust. While Fearless is walking around Brightforest's camp, he encounters Mud who laments over their former friends "Betrayal" Fearless mentally notes that despite Thorn's supposed wickedness, ending the monkey's life was still grim work. After meeting up with Stinger again, the Crownleaf tasks Fearless with a new mission; Form a pride. Stinger claims that Fearless must overcome his age and inexperience to lead his own pride so he'll have extra protection. Fearless leaves Baboon Island to form his own pride. Before seeking out other lions, Fearless heads towards Titanpride in order to rescue his sister. While rescuing Valor, the cubs cover is blown by Ruthless. Despite this however, Fearless and Valor manage to escape Titan. While traveling, Valor suggests that they seek out Loyal. Fearless disagrees with that idea as their mother revealed that he was an oathbreaker before she died. But Valor says that it no longer matters if Loyal's an oathbreaker. However Valor agrees to accompany her brother to seek any cubs that escaped Dauntlesspride.

### *The Spirit-Eaters*

##### *This information is copied from the Bravelands Wiki*

Thorn Greatfather is seen on the mountain in the beginning of the tale. Sky Strider has come to ask him for advice about the rogue wolves.

Most of what Thorn does in this book is try to cope with being Great Father, and deal with the problems of the animals. He tries to help Dawntrees Troop, but Berry Crownleaf, his mate, shuns his help, saying that he is trying to undermine her authority and that he is just making everything worse. He is appealed to by the crocodiles of the Muddy River Bask, because the hippos have been crushing their eggs. The hippos blamed the crocodiles for killing one of their children, and thought they were avenging themselves. The crocodiles don't believe in the Great Spirit, but the hippos do. Thorn goes to the river to try to find out what really happened, and interrupts the second of the Three Feats. He realizes that, aside from the normal danger of crocodiles, the hippos are making it far to dangerous to risk. He tells Mango, who is in charge, to call off the feats. Berry is sent for, and she is enraged that he is interfering with her troop again. When she arrives, Thorn cuts her off, showing her a young baboon that he just rescued from being drowned by a hippo.

Sky helps Thorn be Great Father, until she feels a need to return to her family herd. She travels to the baboon-shaped mountain with her brother, Boulder, and his herd. When she reaches her herd, Breeze is giving birth to a calf, who she names Horizon. A young bull elephant named Forest asks her to be his life-mate at the Plain of Hearts, but Sky refuses, knowing she is still bethrothed to Rock, the Code-breaker that she loved. He killed an elephant named River, apparently shoving her into a ravine. Sky realizes that the ravine is very close to where she is, and decides to figure out what really happened. She takes the cheetah cubs, Nimble and Lively, and finds the ravine. The cubs climb down into the ravine, to get one of River's bones for Sky. While she is waiting for them, a herd of buffalo stampede towards the elephants.

### *Shadows on the Mountain*

##### *This information is copied from the Bravelands Wiki*

While Bramble chases a lovebird, he encounters a leopard named Chase who is hunting the bird. Through a conversation where both sides try to come up with a better insult, a cackle of hyenas slowly appears. Chase climbs up to a tree, while Bramble is left to die. However, in a last minute change of thought, Chase saves Bramble. After Chase returns home, her mother Prowl questions her why she didn't catch any prey. Chase tells the truth of what happened, while Prowl is unhappy that she cannot find food for Prowl's sister-kit (nephew). Chase ventures again in search of more prey, and catches a bongo. A while after, Chase meets another leopard named Shadow, who is in a mocking stance and angers her. But to keep the prey, Chase heads home and feeds her family.

Meanwhile, two antelopes, Leap and Prance find that they have lost their shadows. This is a curse of the Great Spirit, meaning that they are destined to die very soon. They are exiled from the Us, an essence of all of the antelope herd. As Leap is a old antelope, she accepts her destiny. However, Prance cannot believe that she will die so soon. Prance is suddenly chased by a lioness, but somehow manages to outrun it and cheat death, at least once. Leap has already died, but the fact that Prance is still alive makes her so excited that she decides to return to her antelope herd. But the antelope herd is angered, worried, and afraid that she will cause harm to them, and chases Prance far away. Prance concludes that she will roam throughout the plains alone.

After being attacked by hyenas, Bramble comes back home and brags about his fighting skills and bravery. He demonstrates his kicks and punches, and that he sent a hyena flying. Abruptly, a large sound ensues, meaning that there will be a ceremony in the gorillas' 'Spirit Mouth', where an omen will be told.
During the Spirit Mouth Ceremony, Dayflower warns that an unknown evil from their mountain home will spread across all the Bravelands. Bramble is concerned about this, but his father and most of his troopmates are skeptical about Dayflower's claims. The following day, Bramble wakes up in his nest to find his troop absent. After he spots them in a nearby glade, he rush's towards them only to discover that his elder brother, Cassava had been killed the previous night. After following Cassva's blood trail, they find the corpse of an adult leopardess at the base of Cassava's blood trail. Bramble returns to his brother's corpse as his troop-mates begin to desecrate the leopard's corpse. Back at the leopard den, Chase wakes up only to find that her mother, Prowl hasn't returned. She sets off to look for her and discovers a mob of Gorillas desecrating the leopard corpse. Chase recognizes the leopard's body as Prowl's. Chase leaps into action and demands the apes to leave her mothers body alone . However, the gorilla's don't listen and they pursue Chase before a strange male leopard intervenes, saving Chase's life.

The Male introduces himself as Range, born-of-Sprint and claims that the gorillas had killed her mother. Chase returns to her den to inform Seek that Prowl is dead.

## Books

### **First Arc**

Bravelands #1: Broken PrideBravelands #2: Code of HonorBravelands #3: Blood and BoneBravelands #4: Shifting ShadowsBravelands #5: The Spirit-EatersBravelands #6: Oathkeeper
### **Second Arc**

Bravelands: Curse of the Sandtongue #1: Shadows on the MountainBravelands: Curse of the Sandtongue #2: The Venom Spreads
## Characters

* Acacia
* Adamant
* Agile
* Apple
* Artful
* Babble
* Baobab
* Bark
* Beetle
* Berry
* Bindweed
* Blackwing
* Bloodfang
* Bloodreaver
* Blossom
* Bold
* Bonesnapper
* Bony
* Boulder
* Bramble
* Branch (baboon)
* Branch (gorilla)
* Breeze (cheetah)
* Breeze (elephant)
* Breezefriend
* Brighteyes
* Bristlefriend
* Bud
* Bug
* Burbark
* Burr
* Cassava
* Chase
* Chatter
* Clamp
* Clever
* Cloud
* Commet
* Constant
* Crag
* Creek (baboon)
* Creek (elephant)
* Creeper
* Cunning
* Daring
* Darktrill
* Dauntless
* Dayflower
* Fang
* Fat-Belly
* Fearless
* Fervent
* Fierce (BP)
* Fierce (CoH)
* Fig
* Flash
* Fleet
* Flint
* Fly
* Forceful
* Forest
* Freewing
* Frog
* Gallant (BP)
* Gallant (OK)
* gangle
* Gentle
* Glory (Bravelands)
* Grab
* Gracious
* Grandmother
* Grass
* Grassfriend
* Grayfeather
* greenshoot
* Grimfoot
* Grit
* Groundnut
* Grub
* Gulper
* Hardclaw
* Hardy
* Highcrest
* Honor
* Hop
* Horizon
* Jackfruit
* Keen
* Kernel (Highleaf)
* Kernel (Middleleaf)
* Kegelia
* Lantana
* Leap
* Lightning (BP)
* Lightning (SS)
* Lily
* Lively
* Lizard
* Longfeather
* Loyal
* Loyal (OK)
* Mahogany
* Mallow
* Mango
* Marula
* Maul
* Menace
* Merciless
* Mighty
* Mirage
* Mist
* Mistfriend
* Moon
* Moonflower
* Moonlight
* Moss
* Mud
* Nimble
* Notch
* Nut
* Orchid
* Pear (baboon)
* Pear (gorilla)
* Pebble
* Pepper
* Petal
* Plunge
* Pod
* Prance
* Prattle
* Proud
* Prowl
* Purefeather
* Quickwing
* Rain
* Range
* Rapid
* Ravage
* Ravine
* Regal (BP)
* Regal (CoH)
* Rend
* Resolute
* Rip
* River (baboon)
* River (elephant)
* Rock
* Rockslide
* Rush
* Ruthless
* Sage
* Sandstorm
* Scoop
* Scratcher
* Seek
* Sever
* Shadow
* Shard (Bravelands)
* Silverfang
* Silverfriend
* Silverhorn
* Skimmer
* Skip
* Skulldrinker
* Sky
* Slash
* Sleek (cheetah)
* Sleek (leopard)
* Sleekfriend
* Slink
* Sly
* Snag
* Snail
* Snarl
* Sneer
* Snuffle
* Spider
* Spiderwort
* Spite Cleanfur
* Splinter
* Spring
* Sprint
* Stalk
* Star (Bravelands)
* Starleaf
* Stealth
* Stinger
* Stone
* Stonefriend
* Stormrider
* Strong
* Strongbeak
* Stronghide
* Stump
* Sun
* Sunfriend
* Sunrise
* Sweetsong
* Swift
* Tear
* Tenacious
* Tendril
* Tendril's grandmother
* Tendril's mother
* Thorn
* Thorn's parents
* Thud
* Thunder
* Titan
* Titan's father
* Tough
* Twig
* Twilight (Bravelands)
* Valor
* Viper
* Wallow
* Windrider
* Wisdom
* Woodnettle
* Worm