Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Zophiel is the king of this trope.Fortune Teller: Narigorm reads the runes to tell the future.Ensemble Cast: The story is told from Camelot's perspective, but it focuses almost equally on the stories of all nine characters.Averted with Rodrigo, who maybe(?) attempts to die by poisoning from the swampy gas but is saved by Camelot and Osmond before the poison took him.Cygnus becomes insane from the swans tormenting him, and from the guilt of thinking that Rodrigo committed murder for him.Pleseance kills herself out of fear of being discovered as a Jew.Creepy Child: Narigorm is heartless, and has none of the innocence that can be attributed to a child.At the end of the book, Camelot tries to tell what was left of the party that Narigorm is evil, but none of them believed him. Bury Your Gays: Jofre's horrific death.Break the Cutie: Rodrigo was always the kind, optimistic member of the party, a voice of reason and reassurance, but by the end of the book, the death of Jofre drove the once compassionate man to a great atrocity, namely the murder of Zophiel.Big Bad: Only revealed very late in the book, first we think the wolf is the big bad, but it turns out to be Narigorm all along.With Camelot's supposed step-father, Cygnus's origin, and the wolf-lady who Pleasance helped in labor. Bestiality Is Depraved: Inverted, several times.Asshole Victim: Zophiel when he was murdered.Arc Number: Nine, according to Narigorm.Anyone Can Die: literally the point of the entire book.

Ambiguously Bi: Rodrigo has had relations with women, even has a baby-mama, but also participated in the steamy barn sex scene with Jofri.WARNING: This page is spoiler heavy as the story is largely based on twists. Our party is formed as the characters try to outrun The Plague, but little did they know that it was the least of heir concerns. A 2008 book by Karen Maitland, about a company of travelers in 1349.

A company of liars