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Stalk

**Stalk** is a baby baboon and a member of Justice Troop. His mother is Sage.

## Biography

### *Blood and Bone*

When Justice Troop smells lions coming, they rush up trees. Sage exclaims that her baby (Stalk) is still down there, and Thorn grabs Stalk. Berry comes down to stand with Thorn, and Thorn hands him to Berry. She is still holding Stalk when she comes to talk to Fearless and comfort him about falling for Stinger's lies.
River (Elephant)

**River Marcher** was the late lover of Rock and Boulder. She died while trying to stop the two from fighting when she fell down the ravine.

## Description

River Marcher was a lightly built elephant with gray skin and warm brown eyes.

## Biography

### *Shifting Shadows*

River is mentioned by Boulder when he told Sky how Both he and Rock wanted River to be their life-mate. As was the custom, they fought an honorable combat for River's love. But River loved both of them. As the fight ensued, however, Rock realized he was going to lose and lost control of himself. He killed River by shoving her to the ravine to her death. This incident led to Rock's banishment.

### *The Spirit-Eaters*

In the Spirit-Eaters, it's revealed that Rock didn't actually kill River despite being in the rage at the time. River unintentionally died trying to save Rock and Boulder from falling to their deaths themselves. Rock only pushed her because he (along with Boulder) was unaware of his surroundings and River was behind him when she rushed to intervene with the bulls' duel. When she was about to fall in the ravine herself, she called Rock and Boulder for help. This causes Boulder and Rock to snap out of their rage and Rock responded by attempting to save her by reaching out to her with his trunk but River lost her grip fell into the ravine he could.

Sky confronts Boulder with her findings, angry that he lied to her. Boulder explain that he only did so to protect her as he wasn't entirely convinced that Rock wasn't at fault. Sky reminds her brother that she can take care of herself. Boulder also apologizes to the Marchers for his role in River' death (As he unintentionally caused Rock to push River during their duel).
But Mahangy Marcher reassures Boulder that it was really the ravine that took River's life. Following her reunion with Rock, Sky appologizes to Rock for blaming him for River's death.

### *Oathkeeper*

After Sky asks Rock if they could be mates again, Sky fears that Boulder might have trouble accepting Rock as his brother-in-law due to Rock's role in River's death. However Boulder has forgiven Rock for the incident regarding River's death.

## Trivia

* A river is a body of water the flows through the land.
* River was Rock and Boulder's first love before they met Sky and Baobab respectively.
River (baboon)

*This article is about River, a member of Brightforest Troop, not to be confused with River, an elephant, and former member of the Marcher Family.*

**River,** or **River Middleleaf** is a baboon, and part of Brightforest Troop. Almost nothing is known about him, except that Nut wounded him in their duel. As a result, he is relatively unknown. He presumably joined Dawntrees Troop by the end of *Blood and Bone*. It's unknown what happened him in *The Spirit-Eaters*, when a fire broke out in Tall Trees and the surrounding woodland.

## Biography

### *Broken Pride*

River was defeated by Nut, rendering him Middleleaf forever.
He was also seen shortly after Grub's death, wondering how he died so suddenly, and asking for Starleaf to come out and tell them what Grub's death meant.

## Trivia

* He is a Middleleaf because he was defeated by Nut in a duel. If he had won, he would have become a Highleaf.
* He shares his name with a now deceased elephant, River Marcher.
The Great Spirit

The Great Spirit is a special force that looks over and lives in Bravelands.

The Great Spirit chooses the next Great Parent to rule Bravelands and lives inside them giving them guidance on how to look after all the animals.

Most animals look up to the Great Spirit to help them get though problems or situations. An example of this is "Thank the Great Spirit" or "Great Spirit tell me what to do".

Elephants are probably the closest animal to The Great Spirit and are chosen most often to become the next Great Parent of the Bravelands. Vultures are also very spiritual and are said to be the Great Spirit's messengers as they know who the next Great Parent will be and help the next Great Parent drink from the sacred pool of water on the mountains.

An animal can also carry the Great Spirit even if the are not the not the next Great Parent. For example Sky the elephant carried the Great Spirit for a period of time to help save Bravelands and rid it of Stinger and the False Parents.
Plunge

**Plunge** is a male Hippo who leads an unnamed pod. When an infant baby hippo was found dead, he and his herd incorrectly concluded that Muddy River Bask was responsible. So Plunge and his herd-mates raided the Bask's nest, killing several innocent croclets, smashing several unhatched crocodile eggs, and killing its former leader — Tear.

Rip succeeded Tear as Muddy River Bask's leader in the aftermath. As leader, Rip declared war on Plunge's Pod in retaliation for the unjustified raid and intended to kill the rest of the Hippo's infants if Thorn Greatfather didn't clear Muddy River Bask's name. With Sky's Help, Thorn learned that Bloodheart Pack was at fault for the baby hippo's death and reported their findings to Plunge and Rip. Realizing that the crocs had been telling the truth about their innocence the whole time. Plunge apologies for the trouble he and his podmates put Rip's bask through. Rip accepts Plunge's apology and agrees to leave Plunge and his pod at peace as long as they don't bother him or his float ever again.
Prance

## Names

**Mistfriendherd**
**Great Parent:**

Prance Runningherd
Prance Herdless
Prancefriend
Great Mother Prance

## Book Appearances

**Living**
*Shadows on the Mountain*, *The Venom Spreads*, *Blood on the Plains*
**Dead**
*Blood on the Plains*

**Prance** or **Prance Greatmother** was a female gazelle, and one of the three main protagonists for the second arc. She was exiled from her herd after she lost her shadow. However, she was able to escape death numerous times. After Gallantpride escorted her to Thorn Greatfather, Prance learned that she wasn't marked for death but was singled out by the Great-Spirit for a special purpose. When Thorn died, he appointed Prance as his successor becoming the next Great-Parent.

In *Blood on the Plains*, Prance sacrifices her life to save the Bravelands from Grandmother. However her spirit will remain in Bravelands until a new successor is chosen. Eventually, Prance was succeeded by an Elephant named Starlight.

## Biogaphy

### *Shadows on the Mountain*

Prance was exiled from Runningherd for losing her shadow, meaning that she was cursed and destined to die. However, she escaped close death many times, and bizarrely could not die. During her exile, Prance traveled alone on the savanna, occasionally mingling with several herds of different species.

At one point she meets Boulder. Boulder takes pity on Prance, and offers her some advice, before parting ways. Later, Prance mentally notes that things are not going her way, despite Boulder's wishes. She later temporarily joins a herd of zebras, and befriends several zebras, including Breezefriend, Grassfriend, and Dawnfriend, and is granted temporary asylum in her herd.

After a traveling with Mistfriendherd for a while, Prance decides that it is time to part ways with the zebras. Alone once again, Prance is found by Gallantpride. They escort her to Great Father Thorn, where she learns that her absence of shadow is not a curse, but a sign that the Great Spirit has an important role for her.

## Trivia

* Prance was 3 seasons old at her debut
* Prance had the shortest known reign of any Great-Parent.
* Prance is the 2nd Great-Parent to be a main character (The first Being Thorn)

## References

1. ↑ The Venom Spreads, Page 260
2. ↑ Shadows on the Mountain/Chapter three

## External links

https://www.blackstonewholesale.com/bravelands-curse-of-the-sandtongue-1-shadows-on-the-mountain?sp=237835
Honor

**Honor** is one of the lionesses of Titanpride, and formerly a member of Gallantpride, Honor has been noted to be kind, as she defended Ruthless from the other lionesses in Code of Honor, which earned her Fearless' liking.

## Biography

### *Broken Pride*

Honor is presumably among the lions of Gallantpride that are cheering as Swiftcub receives his name, Fearless.

She rescues Fearless from the hyenas along with Valor, Regal, and Sly, then is seen telling him not to go back to Titanpride. Later, she agrees with Sly after Sly remarks that finding prey would be much easier after the grass-eaters returned to the watering hole.
Valor (TVS)

*Not to be confused with Valor, Fearless’s brother and the daughter of Gallant and Swift.*

**Valor** or **Valor Gallantpride** is Gallant's mate and first lioness of Gallantpride.

## History

### *The Venom Spreads*

Valor doesn't appear but she is mentioned by her mate when he states how heartbroken she'll feel when she finds out that their son wasn't killed but joined Menacepride. Prance can't imagine how Valor would react to this news.

## Kin

Mate: Gallant

Son: Terror

Mother In-Law: Valor (BP)

Father In-Law: Mighty

Brother In-Law: Loyal

## Trivia

* Valor shares her name with her mother in-law.
Starleaf (rank)

**Starleaf** is a rank that can be achieved if you are a Highleaf and pass the test. The only exception known for this rule is Mud, who was a Lowleaf when he applied to be a Starleaf.

## Roles

The Starleaf serves as their troop's seer. They are responsible for interperting omens and creating prophecies.

## List of Known Starleaves

* Starleaf (character)
* Mud
Realm of Lost Spirits

**Realm of Lost Spirits** - the third book in the Thunder on the Plains arc.

## Blurb

**The thrilling final arc in Erin Hunter's bestselling Bravelands series comes to an epic conclusion! Set in the African highlands and told from three different animals' points of view, this is a perfect adventure for dedicated fans and readers new to the Bravelands world.**

Bravelands faces its final test.

As water dwindles and food becomes scarce, Whisper the water buffalo must embrace a strength she never knew. Stride the cheetah embarks on a dangerous journey--a final attempt to bring rain to Bravelands. But the quest will lead him into the underworld of spirits, where his most fearsome enemy awaits.

And Breathstealer the hyena faces a choice. The Great Devourer pours poison in her ear, promising strength and survival for her and her entire clan. But his plans would send her down a dark path of no return.

Can Bravelands come together to vanquish this great evil? Or will their home be torn apart?

**Full of epic adventure and intrigue, this riveting journey 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.**
Ravage

**Ravage**, also known as **Ravage, Eater of A Thousand Hearts** was a golden wolf and a former Alpha of the Bloodheart Pack.

## Personality

Much like other members of her pack, Ravage seems to be fond of killing and eating hearts. She seems to be cruel and heartless, and somewhat fearless, as she was not afraid to challenge others. Ravage does not show pity for other animals, as seen when she displays her joy at the prospect of eating animal hearts.
Silverfang

**Silverfang** is a bat who appears in the prologue of *Shadows on the Mountain*.

## Biography

### *Shadows on the Mountain*

Silverfang's colony fly out of their caves in order to escape an unknown adversary.
Their commotion interrupts Freewing's hunting session.
Freewing doesn't know what the bats are fleeing from, but knows it's something bad as the Bats are in a panic.
She overhears one of the bats address Silverfang by their name telling reminding her that they must flee.
Thunder on the Plains

**Branvelands: Thunder on the Plains** is the upcoming Third Arc in the Bravelands Series.

The first book, *The Shattered Horn*, was released on May 2nd 2023.

The second book, *Breakers of the Code*, is scheduled to be released on February 6th 2024.

The third book, *Realm of Lost Spirits* is scheduled to be released on October 8th 2024.

## Protagonists

* Whisper- A female Cape buffalo who wants to protect her brother, who has been chosen by the Great Spirit to lead his herd
* Stride - A male cheetah keeping secrets from his coalition
* Breathstealer (formerly Tailgrabber) - A female hyena who seeks peace between her clan and Noblepride

## References

1. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062966960/ref=sspa\_dk\_detail\_6?psc=1&pf\_rd\_p=9ba7ad0c-ad0a-40bb-be06-94f2b4aefa3c&pf\_rd\_r=03HHDECZ6B4349R62HG4&pd\_rd\_wg=KyxtK&pd\_rd\_w=ePi5N&content-id=amzn1.sym.9ba7ad0c-ad0a-40bb-be06-94f2b4aefa3c&pd\_rd\_r=93f8cca0-2937-48b8-a630-6da61432deb8
2. ↑ https://www.harpercollins.com/products/bravelands-thunder-on-the-plains-2-breakers-of-the-code-erin-hunter?variant=41057159446562
3. ↑ https://edelweiss-assets.abovethetreeline.com/HC/supplemental/3WarriorsBrochure2022\_Update\_Fix1.pdf
Silverback

The **Silverback** is the dominant male of a gorilla society. His title is derived from his distinctly silver back.

### Duties

As the troop's leader, the Silverback is in charge of his entire troop. He leads and commands his troopmates.
The Silverback presumably has the breeding rights since real-life silverbacks are usually the father to all the troop's children.
However, real-life Silverbacks are also shown to occasionally allow lower ranked males take mates in order to maintain their loyalty. So it's highly probable that Silverbacks in the *Bravelands* franchise sometimes allow lower ranked males to form their own families as well.

The Silverback can also be threatened by other males who want his position. If the Silverback wins, he remains leader, if he loses, the Silverback is demoted, and possibly exiled by his rival. The rank of Silverback is also hereditary. The eldest living son of the current Silverback will take his place if he dies. However, an unrelated male can also be appointed as Brightback.
Rockslide

**Rockslide** is a male rhino mentioned in *Broken Pride*. He is presumably very lazy, as said by another crash of rhinos.

## Biography

### *Broken Pride*

Rockslide is mentioned by the rhinos at the watering hole. Sky listens to them talking about how Rockslide and his crash are all stupid and lazy as he is, and how he and his crash just do not care about what's wrong.
Zebras

or Equus grevyi

The **zebras** of Bravelands have always followed the Code and they are also grass-eaters. When Great Mother died, many zebras left their herds in distress and this caused the herds to dwindle, becoming more vulnerable to flesh-eaters. In *Code of Honor*, Stinger Crownleaf visited every animals' herds and proposed to them to come to the Great Gathering and to help him restore order in Bravelands. When he and the Strongbranches visited a zebra herd, they were greeted with Sleekfriend, a male zebra.
After Stinger gave his condolences to his herd, Sleekfriend stated that most of his herd fled and were scattered around Bravelands. He also said they were very vulnerable to flesh-eaters. Stinger stated how he had been informed of the same occurrences in other herds and that he wanted to join the other animals in restoring order. He planned for the Great Gathering to be at sun high the next day, at the Watering Hole. Sleekfriend was hesitant because zebras only went to the Watering Hole to drink and he thought flesh-eaters would attack them. Stinger told him that it would be better for the zebras' presence to ensure a fair vote. Sleekfriend then agreed to be there with his herd.

## Biology

Zebra's are one of the only Equidae (family of horses) that haven't been tamed by humans because of their cautious aggression. Zebras have their black and white stripes to distract predators. If the zebra herd runs together a predator can't focus and on one because of all the stripes so it will miss it's attack. Zebras have strong kicks that can help by protecting them and for territorial purposes. A zebra foal is born with brown and white stripes but they darken as it gets older. Zebras are actually black animals with white stripes.

## Facts

* There are three zebra specis(Grévy's, Mountian, and Plains). The largest and rarest being the Grévy's Zebra.
* A group of zebras is called "Dazzle." But it is commonly know as a "herd."

## Namings

The Zebras of the *Bravelands* franchise are always named with the "friend" suffix.

Examples of this include, Sleekfriend, Bristlefriend, and Silverfriend.

## Society

Zebras live in herds named after their current leader followed by the "herd" suffix.

## References

1. ↑ Code of Honor: pg. ???
2. ↑ Oathkeeper: pg ???
Strongfeat

A Strongfeat may be as simple as climbing a tree

  A **Strongfeat** is a particular task, chosen by Stinger, that must be completed in order to become a Strongbranch of the Brightforest Troop.

## Examples

* Fang's Strongfeat was to lift a huge boulder the size of the Crown Stone, while another baboon sat on top.
* Thorn's was to defeat the vervet monkey of the Redwood Troop, Sneer Grayfur.
* Worm's was to kill a tarantula.
* The Strongfeats of Grass and Fly are unknown.

## Trivia

* Surprisingly, it's not against any rules to cheat in a Strongfeat.
Giraffes

### Species

Masai Giraffe, Kordofan Giraffe, Nubian Giraffe, West African Giraffe, Reticulated Giraffe, Angolan Giraffe, and the South African Giraffe

**Giraffes** are an animal in Bravelands. Giraffes are the world’s tallest living animals. They can be easily identified due to their exclusively long neck.

## Physical appearance

The legs of giraffes are long and solid. The hind legs are shorter than the front legs. The eyes are quite large, ears are medium-sized and the muzzle is long. The short mane stands upright. The tail is long and thin with a dark tassel of hair at the tip. Giraffes have short and sandy colored coat. They have pelage markings of different shape, colored various shades of brown. This animal has bony horns called ossicones, placed on the top of its head. Normally, ossicones of giraffes are medium-sized in both males and females. Male giraffes can sometimes grow another pair of horns behind the first pair. Females are identified by thin and tufted ossicones while males usually have thick horns with the hair, smoothed due to sparring (battling other males for females).
The Rage

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

The Rage is a psychological phenomenon bull elephants (excluding pre-pubescent bull calves) experience whenever they get too excited.

 It's similar to the altered state of mind the term berserk derives from.

In this state of mind the bull is unaware of their surroundings and are unable to control what they do making them dangerous to other creatures in their vicinity. One notable example of this is when

Rock unintentionally killed River Marcher due to him being in the rage. This causes Sky to break with him due to Boulder claiming that his actions were motivated by jealousy due to Bulls supposedly posing a threat prospective mates as well whenever the former falls into the rage in the latter's vicinity. However, this is later revealed not to be the case in the Spirit-Eaters when Flint informed Sky that the rage only compels Bulls to attack rival males not propsective mates. This is further confirmed when Sky learns from her investigation with help from Nimble and Lively that Rock didn't kill River out of jealousy (Even in his mad state) but was pushed her in without realizing it due to him being preoccupied with fighting Boulder who was also in the rage while River was trying to save them from falling into the ravine themselves.

**End of spoiler.**

## Symptoms

Symptoms of the Rage include uncontrollable aggression, lack of awareness of surroundings and going on a rampage.

## Known Elephant's who went into the rage.

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*
* Ravine
* Rock
* Boulder
* Forest
* Dune
* Thunder
* Flint
* The Rest of Thunder's Herd

**End of spoiler.**

## Trivia

* The Rage may be the equivalent to real-life condition, Musth which makes Bull Elephants more aggressive.
Rush

**Rush** or **Rush of the Gray River** was a female cheetah who resided in the Bravelands. She was a member of Sky's Herd, and the mother of Nimble and Lively, before she was killed when out hunting.

## Biography

### *Blood and Bone*

Sky and her herd first encounter Rush while she was being chased by Titanpride. Rock noticed that Rush was slower than most cheetahs, as Titanpride has been chasing for a long time. Rock, Sky, and Silverhorn charge forward at the lions, and Rush collapses on the ground from exhaustion. After they drive away Titanpride, Rush tell Sky's herd that Titanpride abandoned a zebra carcass just to come after her. She asks Sky and her companions whether they're a herd or not, to which Sky responds that they are like a family. Silverhorn notes that Rush is having a family of her own soon.

Later, Rush gives birth to two cubs: a female named Lively and a male named Nimble.

### *Shifting Shadows*

In *Shifting Shadows*, Rush is killed while hunting for her cubs. Nimble and Lively go check on her after they had been waiting for her for so long and find her body.
Sandstorm

**Sandstorm** is the Matriarch of an unknown herd from the Desert Lands.

## Biography

### *The Spirit-Eaters*

When the Striders arrive at the Plain of Hearts, Sky has a brief chat with Sandstorm and Crag. Later, when Sky goes on to investigate the circumstances of River's death, she asks Sandstorm and Crag where the ravine is, they tell her it's on top of Baboon Mountain and to take caution due to the hazards of that area. Sandstorm is present when Sky reveals that Rock never killed River out of jealousy even in the rage and that River's downfall was merely an unfortunate freak accident. Later on, Sandstorm leads her herd towards Tall Trees to aid Sky and the other elephants in putting out a forest fire that broke out.

## Trivia

* Sandstorm shares her name with the Warrior cat  from the Warriors series also written by Erin Hunter.
Tall Trees

**Tall Trees** is the home of Brightforest Troop. Stinger made the troop move from Tall Trees after the monkeys attacked Brightforest Troop in Code of Honor. After Stinger's defeat, however, Thorn led the troop back to Tall Trees, along with Justice Troop, where they currently reside. It is unknown whether Tall Trees was burned by the fire in *The Spirit-Eaters* or not.

## Trivia

* The Tall Trees were named for their height.
Highcrest

**Highcrest** is a female eagle. She is the mother of several unnamed chicks.

## Biography

### *Pre-series*

Highcrest is flying above the savanna when she stumbles upon a lion cub. She catches the cub to feed it to her chicks. She attempts to alert her mate of her catch but is interrupted by a baboon who steals Highcrest's prey from her.

The lion cub is actually Fearless, when he escapes after Titan kills Gallant. The baboon that rescues him is Stinger, who brings him to Brightforest Troop.

### *Broken Pride*

After Fearless flees from Titan, he was carried away by Highcrest, who brought him to her nest believing him to be dead. This scene plays out very differently from the prologue in *Oathkeeper.* In *Broken Pride,* Highcrest has no chicks in her nest no does she intend to eat Fearless right away. Instead, Highcrest decides to save Fearless for a later meal before flying off. Sometime after Highcrest's departure, Fearless regains conscious and find himself in Highcrest's nest. Before Highcrest returns from her flight, Fearless attempts to escape by climbing out of the tree the nest is stationed in. While climbing down, the lion cub loses his grip and fall. However, he is caught by Stinger.
After introducing themselves, Stinger explains that he saw Highcrest carrying the latter back to her nest and left Tall Trees to investigate. Fearless is forever grateful of being rescued.

When Thorn confronts Stinger for his treachery, the latter reminds him that he rescued Fearless from Highcrest.

### *Blood and Bone*

Hightcrest doesn't appear but she is indirectly mentioned by a skeptical Fearless when he argues how Stinger could've left him for dead in Highcrest's nest in response to Sky and Loyal's warnings about Stinger. Stinger's heroic acts are a major factor in Fearless's refusal to listen to Sky and Loyal's warning about the former as Fearless doesn't see any reason why Stinger would save him if Loyal and Sky's claims regarding the former were true. Loyal explains that Stinger had ulterior motives for rescuing him. Fearless stubbornly refuses to believe Sky and Loyal and assumes that the pair are playing some kind of trick on him. However Fearless realizes his mistake the hard way during his next meeting with Stinger at Baboon Island. There, Stinger deems Fearless expendable and reveals his true colors and confirms that the only reason why he didn't let Highcrest eat him was so that he [Stinger] could exploit Fearless.

## Trivia

* Highcrest is one of the biggest eagles in Bravelands.

1. ↑  Revealed in *Broken Pride*, page 26
Sun

**Information presented in this article requires clearer citation.**
The origin of some of the following information is unclear and may be speculative.

## Personal information

### Aliases or nicknames

Great Mother (by everyone)
Sun Strider

### Family

Mate: Flint
Daughters: Mist, Timber , Comet, Rain, Breeze, Mirage, Twilight, Star
Granddaughters: Sky, Horizon
Grandsons: Moon, Boulder, Creek
Great-granddaughter: Moonbeam
Grandson-in-law: Rock
Granddaughter-in-law: Baobab

## Appearances

### Appears in:

*Broken Pride*
*Blood and Bone*
*Oathkeeper*

### Mentioned in:

*Code of Honor*
*Shifting Shadows*
*The Spirit-Eaters*

**Sun Strider** (also known as Great Mother) was the former Great Parent of Bravelands.

She was Sky, Moon, Horizon, Boulder, and Creek's grandmother, mother to eight elephants, mate of Flint, and a former Great Parent.

## Appearance

Great Mother was a female elephant with torn ears and long tusks that are described to gleam as white as the stars and brown eyes.

## Personality

Sun Strider was wise and caring for her family and Bravelands. All the animals were dependent on the Great Mother before she died.

## Biography

### *Broken Pride*

She was murdered at the end of *Broken Pride* by an unknown animal, which is later revealed to be crocodiles — after she was forced into the pool by Stronghide. Stinger of the Brightforest Troop had planned Great Mother's murder and had convinced Stronghide to carry it out.

## References

1. ↑ *Broken Pride*, page 68
2. ↑ *Broken Pride*, page 68
3. ↑ *Broken Pride*, page 68
4. ↑ *Broken Pride*, page 68
Thornwood Troop

The **Thornwood Troop** is a troop of vervet monkeys led by Spite Cleanfur. They live in a forest of red-wooded trees and they are a rival troop towards the Brightforest Troop of baboons. The Thornwood Troop destroyed the Tall Trees by invading it and fighting the baboons. They led them away from the Tall Trees to cover everything in their poop as a taunt. The Thornwood Troop fought against the Brightforest Troop a second time in an invasion led by Stinger Crownleaf. Stinger and Spite Cleanfur agreed upon that the invasion would be settled in a duel between Sneer Grayfur and Thorn Strongbranch. At first, Sneer overpowered Thorn, but the latter retaliated diligently and became the victor of the duel, therefore Brightforest Troop was the winner of the invasion. At night, Stinger ordered Grass, Fly, Worm, and Thorn to sneak into the Thornwood Troop's territory to snap the branches, so that when the monkeys climbed on them they would fall to their deaths. This mission was successful as the Strongbranches reported that many monkeys died from the falls. Thorn was reluctant about the plan as he attempted to divert the other Strongbranches' attentions. In *Blood and Bone,* Thornwood Troop attacks Crookedtree Troop. When their leader is killed by Thorn, Thornwood Troop surrenders and flees the battle scene.

## Members

* Spite Cleanfur ✝

* Sneer Grayfur

* Unnamed/Unknown vervet monkeys

## Trivia

* They have different rankings than the baboons.
Pod

**Pod Lowleaf** is a Lowleaf baboon. Her mate is Jackfruit Lowleaf and she is the mother of fomerly exiled Nut Highleaf.

## Biography

### *Code of Honor*

Pod and Jackfruit were present at the Moon Reading along with the rest of the Brightforest Troop. As the Blood Moon enveloped the sky, the troop tried to think of what it meant for the future. Jackfruit declared that it was a reminder that the troop had gone awry when his son was exiled. Fang Strongbranch shouted that Nut murdered Grub Crownleaf and that the troop went awry because they didn't execute him. Pod then shouted that there is no proof as to who murdered Grub, because anyone could have poison Grub's food before Nut handed it to him.
Pod and her mate crouched submissively towards Stinger  Crownleaf  as he approached them commandingly. Stinger said that he cared for Nut like a father, because he was a father to the whole troop and that he was a better parent to Nut than Pod and Jackfruit, whom nodded in submissive agreement. Stinger continued with that his attempts to guide Nut as a Highleaf were unsuccessful as Nut became selfish and finished by asking if a fruit is rotten is it the fault of the tree or the fault of the baboon who picked it. Pod stared at the ground in defeat as Stinger continued to speak towards the troop.

## Relationships

### Nut

Even though Pod and Nut haven't been seen interacting with one another, It has been confirmed that neither she or her mate were the best parents to Nut, as according to Thorn. Nut became estranged with his parents ever since he became a Lowleaf and Stinger convinces Pod and Jackfruit that he knows what he's talking about when he accuses Nut of killing Grub by pointing out Pod and Jackfruit's parental incompetence caused Nut to become the Baboon he was.
Strongpride

Strong, the leader of Strongpride

**Strongpride** was a lion pride led by Strong.

It was originally named "Fiercepride" after its former leader, Fierce, before he was defeated by Strong, who renamed the pride to Strongpride, according to the traditions.

## Biography

### *Broken Pride*

Valor mentions Strongpride when Titan challenges Gallant to a duel.
Stormrider (Martial eagle)

*This article is about Stormrider, a martial eagle; you may be looking for Stormrider, Windrider’s great-great-granddaughter.*

**Stormrider** is a male Martial eagle fledgling, and son of Freewing and Strongbeak.

## History

### *Shadows on the Mountain*

Stormrider is mentioned in his mother's thoughts. Freewing thinks about how her son will be leaving the family nest soon now that he's almost full-grown. She attempts to hunt a monitor lizard for Stormrider before she is interrupted by a swarm of bats.
Sly

**Sly** was one of the lionesses in Titanpride before it disbanded.

Not much is known about her, although the things Valor have said gave the impression that Sly is like an older sister to her. She, along with Valor and several other lionesses, saved Fearless from the hyena pack. It's unknown if Sly is still alive.

## Biography

### *Broken Pride*

Sly is presumably among the lions of Gallantpride that are cheering for Swiftcub and he receives his new name, Fearless, then fight against Titan and his cronies after he kills Gallant.

Later, she saves Fearless from hyenas along with Valor, Honor, Agile, and Regal. She is seen telling Fearless that Titan will kill him if he goes back to Titanpride. Then, she remarks that hunting will be so much easier after the grass-eaters come back to the watering hole.
Titan's Father

**Titan's father** was a former member of Gallantpride, before being kicked out by Gallant. His son, Titan, later avenged him by killing Gallant in a duel, which he had cheated in, breaking The Code.

## Trivia

* Titan's father wasn't the previous leader of Gallantpride, but a high-ranking individual that Gillian suspects got too ambitious.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Gillian\_Philip/status/1052315562095726592
Spite Cleanfur

**Spite Cleanfur** was a vervet monkey.

He was the leader of Thornwood Troop. He appears in *Code of Honor* and *Blood and Bone*.

He is killed by Thorn when he leads his troop to attack Crooked Tree.

## Personality

Spite Cleanfur led his troop into injuring Berry Highleaf as he was barbaric and spiteful as his name suggests.
Sleek (cheetah)

## Sleek

**Sleek** is a female cheetah. She is the sister of Rush and Breeze, and the aunt of Lively and Nimble.

## Biography

### *Shifting Shadows*

Sleek is first mentioned by Fleet when Rock and Sky look for a cheetah to take care of Lively and Nimble. He tells them to follow a dry stream-bed to a rockfall behind a copse of thorn trees. When asked to take care of her sister's cubs, Sleek refuses as she has five cubs of her own. She tells them that Breeze has also died, despite that fact that her sister was strong and quick.
Vultures

Vultures, on the cover of Code of Honor

## Official Description

*The vultures are dispassionate about the cycles of life and death on the plains. They can tell before they start eating a carcass whether or not the kill broke the Code, and if it did, they don't eat it. Instead they take a bone to the Great Mother to read.*

## Trivia

* Vultures are considered as rot-eaters because they feed off of the carcasses of dead animals whose death was not a breach of The Code.
Plain of Our Ancestors

The **Plain of Our Ancestors** is the place Elephants visit often to read their deceased family member's bones.

We first learn of it in *Broken Pride,* where Sky and the other Striders go there during the dry season. This is also where Sky read her mother's bones and found out the Watering Hole wasn't safe for them to go to.

In *Oathkeeper**,* The Plain of our Ancestors served as the battleground for Fearless and Titan.
Strider Family

Great Mother

The Code

Sky Strider

Mist (formerly; deceased)

Boulder (formerly)

Twilight

Rain (deceased)

Star

Cloud

Mirage

Creek

Horizon

Moonbeam

Dawn

Typhoon (Formerly)

**The Strider Family** is a group of elephants. Its matriarchs were the late Great Mother and Rain Strider, Comet and now Sky.

## Biography

### *Broken Pride*

Sky Strider is part of the herd, as they head to the Watering Hole.

## Relationship with other groups

* Marcher Family (Friendly)
* Titanpride (Hostile)
* Thunder's Herd (Friendly)
* Bloodheart Pack (Hostile)
* Dawntrees Troop (Unknown)
* Stronghide's Crash (Hostile)
* Muddy River Bask (Mixed)
* Fearlesspride (Friendly)
Shifting Shadows

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

***Shifting Shadows*** is the fourth book of Bravelands and it was released on May 7, 2019.

The baboons depicted on the cover are Thorn in the center and Berry on his left.

## Premise

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.

## Trivia

* Shifting Shadows is the first book cover not to feature all three protagonists of the original Bravelands series.

## Gallery

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Stealth

**Stealth** is a female Leopard, and Shadow's mother.

## Biography

### *Shadows on the Mountain*

Stealth doesn't appear but she is mentally noted by Chase to be Shadow's mother.

### *The Venom Spreads*

When Shadow brings Chase into his den, he explains that his mother told him the creation myth of their species. According to legend, the Leopards were created from fire and their purpose was to make sure the Gorillas didn't become to powerful.
Root

**Root Highleaf** was a baboon from the Crookedtree Troop. Not much else is known about her, except that she joined Dawntrees Troop.

## Biography

### *Shifting Shadows*

Root appears briefly, remarking that there were a lot of vultures hanging around too, and that that was strange because there wasn't any rot-flesh. Thorn quickly replies that it's possible they didn't find a piece of rot-flesh, though truthfully, it's because he's Great Father.

### *The Spirit-Eaters*

When the Crownguard exiles Berry and Thorn, Several Baboons side with the Crownguard, Root is possibly among them. It's unknown if she survived the fire that broke it in the jungle surrounding Tall Trees, since she and the rest of her Troopmates are absent in the rest of the novel.
Joseph Clouds

Joseph Clouds (\*3. Februar 2574 in Böhmen, †2632 in Aetia, Barkien) war ein böhmischer General und einer der ranghöchsten Offiziere im böhmischen Militärapparat. Er war dem Reichsheer verpflichtet.

## Biographie

Der General wurde am 3. Februar 2574 irgendwo in Böhmen geboren und entschied sich irgendwann im Laufe seines Lebens dazu, Offizier beim Reichsheer zu werden. Mehr über sein Leben ist nicht bekannt, lediglich das Faktum, dass er oftmals in psychiatrischen Anstalten untergebracht war, um seine diagnostizierte Aggressivitätsstörung zu behandeln, ist offenkundig.
Silverhorn

**Silverhorn** is a female rhino who appears in *Code of Honor* and *Blood and Bone**.*

## Biography

### *Code of Honor*

Silverhorn is first spotted by Moon, who says that a rhino is following them while Sky tells him a story.

### *Blood and Bone*

She brings the new leader of her crash, Grimfoot, to Sky, as they want to join the Great Herd in defeating Stinger. Sky is shown to be very happy to see her friend.
Three Feats

The **Three Feats** was a method to gain a higher rank in the hierarchy of the Brightforest Troop before getting replaced by Strongfeats. They could be held within a period of three consecutive days. Curiously, cheating on the Feats was allowed and there was no punishment for it. Once a baboon failed a feat, they were not allowed to retry.

* The first feat required a baboon to steal an egg from a flesh-eating bird before the moon is full.
* The second feat was crossing a river filled with crocodiles before sundown. This feat was watched by members of the former Council to confirm its completion.
* The final Feat was a duel between two baboons in the Glade of Duels on the Duel Stone. The baboon to hit the floor lost, while the winner was promoted to the next highest rank.
Sage

**Sage** is a female baboon and the mother of Stalk. She debuts in *Blood and Bone* as part of Justice Troop. It is currently unknown whether she joined Dawntrees Troop.

## Biography

### *Blood and Bone*

She is seen when Justice Troop smells lions (Fearlesspride) and quickly climbs to safety. She yells that her baby, Stalk, is still down there. Thorn grabs Stalk as Fearless enters.
Snail

**Snail** is a young baboon from Brightforest Troop. Her mother is Lily. They presumably joined Dawntrees Troop after it was formed.

## Biography

### *Code of Honor*

Snail is rescued by Frog and Thorn when she falls into a river.

### *Blood and Bone*

Snail also appears near the end of *Blood and Bone* with her mother.

### *Oathkeeper*

Creeper has mentioned that Dawntrees Troop has lost several infants to the forest fire. It is unknown if Snail was among the fallen.
Scratcher

**Scratcher** is a female baboon who is a member of Dawntrees Troop. When Creeper asked her if she'd like to adopt Seedling, Scratcher agreed due in part that Seedling was orphaned and partially due to the fact that Scratcher had lost a child of her own to the forest fire.

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

### *Oathkeeper*

When Rock and Sky asked Creeper if he'll recruit Seedling into his troop, he summons Scratcher and asks her if she'll take Seedling in reminding Scratcher that she's lost a child of her own. Scratcher agrees and brings Seedling into Dawntrees and renames them "Greenshoot".

One year later, Thorn checks up on Scratcher and Greenshoot. Scratcher is seen scratching her foster child's head. Sky states that if there's one good thing Creeper did when he was still alive, it was making Scratcher their mother.
The Luminary

## ***Willkommen im The Luminary Wiki***

Das offizielle Wiki zu dem Dystopie-Roman "The Luminary".

https://www.wattpad.com/story/86167413-the-luminary-buch-1-krieg-im-fernland

## Plot

*"Nachdem die alte Erde aufgrund einiger Begebenheiten, die eine Zukunft eventuell unmöglich gemacht hätten zu durchstehen, unterging, haben die Menschen einen Weg gefunden, auf eine neue Welt zu reisen. Doch schon unmittelbar nach der Landung der Menschen stand fest, dass sich ihre grausamen Sitten kaum geändert haben.*

Lee Turner ist der Name eines einfachen Söldners aus bescheidenem Hause, der sich in den Weiten der neu-entdeckten Erde einen Namen machte, der bis heute die Geschichtsbücher Fernlandes ziert, obgleich sich die Frage stellt, ob seine Taten, die ihn in den Olymp der großen Namen dieser Welt beförderten, tatsächlich so tugendhaft waren, wie es den Anschein hat.

Die Geschichte um diese Legende ist alt, geprägt von etlichen Dingen und Begebenheiten, die der simple Mann sich nicht vorzustellen vermag. Doch es ist an der Zeit, die unglaubliche Reise dieses Söldners der Allgemeinheit zu offerieren.

*V*iele Gesichter, viele Namen, viele Kriege."

Im Vordergrund der Handlung steht der sythinische Schagbar Lee Turner, der sich naiv dazu entscheidet, in den Krieg des Parricidas zu ziehen. Im Zuge dieses Konfliktes bestreitet er etliche Abenteuer, lernt neue Freunde und Feinde kennen und geht dabei immer wieder an seine physischen und psychischen Grenzen.

## Links zu wichtigen Seiten

Verlinkungen zu wichtigen Seiten:

Revolution des Abtrünnigen

Schagbaren

Lee Turner

Oswald Garcia

Protagonisten

Antagonisten

Barkien

Böhmen

Fernland

Barkisches Heer

Reichsheer

Barkische Legionäre

Böhmisches Krisen-Kommando (BKK)

Sicherheitsdienst (SD)

Atan d'Zak

Sonnengott
Strongbranch

**Strongbranch** was a new rank of baboons who have proved their strength and courage through Strongfeats given by Stinger Crownleaf. The Three Feats were replaced by the Strongfeats, in which baboons from all ranks such as Deeproots may try to earn acceptance. Stinger also wanted the respect of the Brightforest Troop, so that they could believe him when he would lie about who killed Bark and Grub Crownleaf. When the troop was relocating to a new home the Strongbranches were in charge of scouting a new territory and helping the rest of the baboons through the treacherous terrain. Following the later events in *Code of Honor*, Stinger also made the decision to disband the Council and put the Strongbranch rank as the replacement. He, as Crownleaf, made the decision as to help him further earn and take over Brightforest Troop completely, for this way, he wouldn't have the Council as an obstacle. After Stinger's defeat Thorn disbanded the Strongbranch rank and exiled it's current members for assisting Stinger. The Strongbranches were also blacklisted from any other troop for their crimes against the Bravelands.

#### Known Members

* Thorn (formerly)
* Frog (deceased)
* Fly
* Worm
* Grass
Watering Hole

The **Watering Hole** is the place where animals drink and it is also the place where the Great Gathering is held. It was also the place where Great Mother was murdered. Stinger Crownleaf declared himself as the Great Father at the Watering Hole and also blamed Thorn for his horrendous acts, in front of all the other animals.

After Thorn proves his innocence, he alongside Sky and a repentant Fearless, go to war against Stinger.
Stride

**Stride** is a male Cheetah and a protagonist in the third arc of Bravelands.

Stride initially Sheltered and cared for his brother, Fleet in secret before the former’s coalition found out and had Fleet killed as well as exiling Stride. During his exile, Stride took Flicker as his mate. However, their union was cut short after Flicker is killed.

## Personality

Stride is shown to be a rational hunter and an empathetic coalition member. He cares for the well being of his coalition but often comes into conflict with his coalition leader, Jinks. He is shown to be restless in his coalition and longs for the care-free life of fun that he believed coalition life to be. Stride is also compassionate towards his disabled brother. Stride would sneak food to Fleet’s den. When Fleet was killed, Stride was devastated. Stride was also deeply in love with Flicker. Although they became mates following Stride’s banishment, their union was short lived as Flicker too was killed.

## Biography

### *The Shattered Horn*

Stride participles in a hunt alongside his coalition. Strider’s leader targets a herd of buffalo. Stride is reluctant to hunt a buffalo because none of the herd are young, old or particularly vulnerable in any other way. Stride suggests finding easier prey but Jinks scoffs at Stride’s suggestion and insists that their coalition is hunting buffalo with or without Stride. Although Stride is worried, he’s unwilling to get himself exiled so he relents.

Jinks’ Coalition spots a young bull who is straggling behind the herd and decide to hunt it down. After stalking the bull for a few minutes, Stride aids his coalition in ambushing the bull. Quake manages to call his herd mates for help resulting in the coalition’s defeat.

Stride begins feeding his brother food while also staying away from the coalition. During this, Stride meets Flicker, the cheetah that Jinks was so desperate to mate with. The two quickly become "friends" and help to feed Fleet, Stride's brother whose leg is broken. Stride later tells Pace, who later presumably tells Jinks what Stride had been doing. Stride then tries to meet with Flicker again only to meet Jinks instead, who tries to kill him after finding out that Flicker and him have been meeting. Flicker comes and fights Jinks before running with Stride. They later come across Fleet's home where they find the body of One-Eye who was sent to kill Fleet. They later find Fleet in a tree, dying. After he dies and the two exchange goodbyes Flicker and Stride leave to go to Flicker's coalition.

It is not said what happens but presumably Flicker either leaves or is exiled from her coalition for being with Stride instead of Jinks. It is stated that the coalition wanted her to be with Jinks due to a possible alliance. Later Stride runs into a honey badger who gets angry at him. After this Flicker and Stride hunt an ostrich; however, a pride of lions comes out and takes the ostrich while also chasing them down. Flicker outruns them with Stride close behind, however she begins to run so fast away from something supernatural chasing her (presumably Death) that she collapses and dies.
Windrider's Flock

**Windrider's Flock** is a flock of vultures that live in Bravelands. This flock is lead by Windrider and currently have four known members: Windrider, Blackwing, Longfeather, and Grayfeather.

## Biography

### *Broken Pride*

In the prologue of Broken Pride, we see Windrider's flock flying over Bravelands, Windrider leads them to a gazelle corpse and they test he flesh to make sure it was a good death. Windrider declares it was a clean kill and they consume the rest of the gazelle.
Erwin Bridges

Erwin Bridges (\*17. Dezember 2604 in Barkien) ist ein barkischer Söldner des EMS. Er spielte eine maßgebliche Rolle bei Lee Turners Reise in Böhmen und beim Sturz Garcias.

## Äußeres Erscheinungsbild & Persönlichkeit

Erwin Bridges ist ein großer, kräftiger Mann mit kurzen, braunen Haaren und mit breiten Armen und prächtigen Brustmuskeln. Er tut sich sehr leicht beim Faustkampf, kann sehr gut schwere Dinge heben und ist schwer zu Boden zu bringen.

Er ist eher durchschnittlich intelligent und versteht und hält nicht viel von taktischem Denken. Gerne überlässt er das Planen einer Strategie anderen. Doch manches Mal stellt er sich als geschickt heraus und beweist Köpfchen - zum Beispiel bei seiner Ansprache auf Nathans Schiff oder bei seiner Befreiung in Fort Castilla. Er führt gerne Selbstgespräche.