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Terciel & Elinor (Old Kingdom)

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The Old Kingdom is the setting for most of the series; it corresponds roughly with Scotland. Ancelstierre (analogous to England) and the Old Kingdom travel differently through time, with the hour of the day and the season of the year rarely in synchrony; therefore, it is possible to spend more time in the Old Kingdom than one is absent from Ancelstierre. The Old Kingdom is also the source of all charter magic. The closer a person is to the Old Kingdom, the more easily they can do charter magic. Charter magic is also possible when the wind is blowing from the north, i.e. from the Old Kingdom. The only factor I need to love an Old Kingdom book is that it's about the Old Kingdom, but this book doesn't only rely on that, which is very exciting. It's about Sabriel's parents! In Sabriel, her dad featured only a very little, but he was still one of the most compelling characters. I was HYPE to hear more about him! Over the years we have also learned about the few other magical races in this world, but they're all pretty limited. The Clayr are a group of all-female seers who live in a crystalline mountain. They are always female, and traditionally brown-skinned with blond hair and blue/green eyes. I don't know why those details persist, when the important one is that they're precogs. Since I consider myself a bit of a precog in the real world, but I'm male with pale skin and dark hair and eyes, I feel a bit out of sorts wondering where I would fit into this world's limited schools of magic.

According to the publisher, "It is six months since the cataclysmic events of Abhorsen ...". [1] Nicholas Sayre is sent by his Uncle Edward to a party, to observe the workings of a clandestine government organisation responsible for gathering information about the Old Kingdom. The organisation's head, Alastor Dorrance, has covertly obtained a monstrous 'Hrule' and intends to free it across the Wall; and when he attempts to do so, it runs amok, destroying numerous people until pursued by Nicholas to the Wall, where it is rendered harmless by Lirael. i do love the old kingdom and will read any book set in this world just because it's so real and developedWe learn Elinor's mother made a deal with a Greater Dead creature, Urhrux, to allow passage into the living world in exchange for a great sum of money. Urhrux awakes and chases Terciel, Elinor, Mrs. Watkins, and the aged groom Ham Corbin to the closest running water, as the house is set aflame. Terciel and Elinor is certainly my favorite of the new books. Perhaps because it is the closest in feel to the original trilogy. More time was spent in Ancelstierre in this one, but the journey northwards into the Old Kingdom felt very reminiscent of Sabriel. In retreading familiar territory however, we also miss out on exploring new stories. Or perhaps, the very old ones. I would love to get a book on the mythic early days of the Charter and Wallmakers, for example. What would Ancelstierre have been like in those times?. Because Astarael appears under Abhorsen's House and Kibeth as the Disreputable Dog, it can be inferred that Ranna, Mosrael, Dyrim, Belgaer, and Saraneth became the Five Great Charters. These Great Charters invested themselves entirely within the bloodlines and artifacts of the Old Kingdom, as opposed to Astarael and Kibeth, who retained enough of themselves to remain separate entities (the Disreputable Dog points out that she is only Kibeth in a "hand-me-down sort of way"). It is implied that Saraneth and Mosrael wove themselves into the Abhorsen and Clayr bloodlines respectively. Additionally, Lirael (a "Remembrancer", only made possible by her shared Clayr and Abhorsen heritage) is referred to as "Astarael's get" in The Creature in the Case, and Prince Sameth is referred to as a "Wallmaker" (Ranna and Belgaer) in Abhorsen. Dyrim is considered the Great Charter of the royal bloodline.

i really did not care about terciel's chapters like at all. there were also a few sentences here and there where i was reminded "oh right terciel is supposed to have character development" but it felt so forced. honestly i got more a sense of him from sabriel and he was barely even in that one, even in sabriel's memories This is how a prequel should be - enough new content to keep old readers intrigued but still an easy gateway for new readers who are not familiar with the world. The Dead: The Dead are ghosts with both the inclination and the ability to resist the river of Death, who re-enter the world of Life. Though a rare few emerge into Life on their own power, most must be summoned by a necromancer or emerge near a broken Charter Stone (where the Charter's influence has been severely diminished, creating a "door into Death"), or where many deaths have recently occurred. All Dead are averse to running water, and most are unable to withstand direct sunlight. But now, what I'd really like to see is an adult fantasy that is not adult-fantasy-pegged-as-YA-because-that's-what-the-others-were about Terzinael and her life, because that sounds absolutely fascinating. Or the life of Mirelle, one of the Ranger Clayr.this really felt like it was going nowhere. it was endless buildup and then a bit of dramatic action at the end that (spoilers for this and Sabriel) we know doesn't even mean anything considering kerrigor is also the main threat of sabriel hrpanjwani on Reading The Wheel of Time: Taim Tells Lies and Rand Shares His Plan in Winter’s Heart (Part 3) 51 mins ago

In terms of plot, this doesn't have the world shattering and ageless complications and dangers that Lirael and Abhorsen has, instead sharing most of its plot with Sabriel, and focusing more on internal threats to the kingdom. We still see parts of the world the reader has not been to before, while reintroducing old haunting grounds that still have some hidden secrets to discover. I really would like a family tree of the Abhorsen's though. They're such a complicated and convoluted family that at times I would have liked something to show me how they all link together. Two hundred years before Sabriel, the reigning Queen and her two daughters were murdered by Kerrigor and their blood used to break two of the six Great Charter Stones. This event was followed by two hundred years of interregnum. Unfortunately, Terciel did not bring his bells, only has his weaker necromantic panpipes; Mrs. Watkins and Mr. Corbin are slain in the standoff. Terciel and Elinor are only saved by the timely appearance of Tizanael, Terciel's wizened but powerful great-aunt and the Abhorsen proper. She sends Uhrux (whom we learn was working for Kerrigor) fleeing.The Seventh Precinct is not described, though presumably it is similar to the First and Fourth Precincts. Its Gate is a line of fire that stretches across the river.

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