He learns that there is a new Leader among the Deep Forest Clans, a powerful figure who protected them from the Thunderstar and convinced them to renounce the old ways of the Clans. He began acting at the age of 8, after a talent spotting casting director saw him at his local after school drama club, The Young Actors Theatre in Islington. BOOK OF THE MONTH - the much awaited latest installment in this popular diary-style series for ages 7+.

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He is slow to mature emotionally, but from the fourth book on he is described as taller and brave, in sharp contrast to the short, scrawny boy portrayed in the first three books. As they hear tales of the Skin Takers, Renn shares with Torak her suspicion that Naiginn had survived their confrontation in the Far North and is responsible for the turmoil in the Deep Forest. Hord argues that he should take Torak to the Mountain and sacrifice him there, to appease the World Spirit. She helps him collect the three pieces of the Nanuak and takes them to the Mountain of the World Spirit, where Torak defeats the bear, and Hord, her ambitious older brother, dies. Over the course of the novels, he acquires several spiritual titles, including "Spirit Walker", and learns of titles his late father had, including "Soul Eater": this last title causes numerous difficulties, due to his desire to end the Soul Eaters and the evil they cause.Wolf Brother fans have extremely high expectations for a television series and Anne and Mel share the same burning desire to create a legendary series. Though adversarial at first, Torak and Renn develop a mutual respect, and eventually become friends.

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Fin-Kedinn has won the respect of all the clans and even that of Wolf, who admire the 'lead wolf who smells of raven' because he has the habits of a wolf, such as only sleeping for short periods of time. Soon, both are separately captured by the Chosen Ones and, while Renn manages to escape with help from a sceptic hunter, Torak is brought to the Leader, who reveals himself to be Naiginn. In addition to academic study, she travelled to north-eastern Finland, where she trekked with a field guide over 300 miles across the forests.A new evil is released into the devastated land, and Renn, Torak and Wolf are tested as never before. Torak and Wolf, aided by Naiginn's father, Marupai and a young halfman (girl) named Shamik from the Narwhal clan, trace Naiginn and Renn to the Edge of the World, a volcanic opening where an opening to the demonic Otherworld can be found. When Torak sets off to the Mountain with only Wolf to fulfill the prophecy, Renn's brother Hord follows Torak.

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Wolf Brother was not meant to be a series at first, but Paver said, "after writing my first draft, I knew one book could not hold this story. Eventually, they discover the reason for the mysterious sickness is that Tenris sent demon-possessed children known as tokoroths to poison juniper berries. After days of difficult work during which time other Clans join them, the First Tree finally reappears, restoring hope to the Forest.In pre-agricultural Europe, the people of the Forest live in clans, each represented by a particular animal or life form. Renn and Dark, as Mages, perform the rite but are attacked by Naiginn just as they are about to fire their arrows into the sky. Renn is about to kill Seshru, but Bale steals her bow and kills Seshru himself, because Renn would be tainted if she killed her own mother.