Tamora Pierce - Tortall

Source: Wikia. Pages: 37. Chapters: Animals in Tortall, Arenaver, Balitang family, Black City, Bloody Hawk, Blue Harbor, Chamber of the Ordeal, Chaos Realms, City of the Gods, Coastal Hills, Code of Chivalry, Cooper, Copper noble, Corus, Council of Commons, Council of Lords, Court of the Rogue, Crystal sword, Darking, Dominion Jewel, Dust spinner, Evening Watch, Finer family, Fire opal, Gambler's Chance, Gift, Goldenlake, Great Road North, Great Southern Desert, Grimhold Mountains, Happy Bag, Hasfush, Haven, Human Era, Hurdik, King's Award, King's Champion, King's Own, Knight-master, Knight of Tortall, Law of the Rogue, Lightning, List of Tortallan Fiefs, Lord Provost, Mage, Meron, Midwinter, Military in Tortall, Mortal Realms, New Hope, Nobility, Olau, Olorun River, Ordeal of Knighthood, Persopolis, Pirate's Swoop, Port Caynn, Port Legann, Pregnancy charm, Privy Council, Pronounciation, Provost's Guard, Queen's Riders, Queenscove, River Drell, River Tellerun, Rogue, Shadow Snake, Shaman, Shang, Shhasow, Sight, Silver noble, Silversmith's Guild, Sinthya, Slavery, The People, Third Company, Tortallan peace delegation, Training master, Trebond, Trebond Way, Vassa River, Voice of the Tribes. Excerpt: The heroines of Tamora Pierce's novels are often helped through their tribulations by animal companions who have unique personalities or abilities. As well as those domestic animals with special abilities, there are also Immortals such as Spidren, Stormwings and Griffins. Due to the presence of wild magic in Tortall (especially that of Veralidaine Sarrasri), there has been a notable change in the behaviour of animals; wild and domesticated. The most drastic changes have occurred relative to their proximity with the Royal Palace in Corus. Humans have commented on several occasions on the apparent "intelligence" of animals, and are learning to use this to their advantage. For example, Keladry's sparrows lead the King's Own to a nest of Spidrens. (From the Imperial Menage...