Vala, the least established princess
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Vala, the least established princess
“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”
—J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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I thought the same thing. *****spoiler**** They still have to get her back, as they never got her back at the end I think this may be a huge part of one of the upcoming books and her character will get explored further at this point.juliamenez wrote: ↑18 Sep 2018, 11:02 I wonder if this is strategic on the author's part, where the character is just mentioned to establish a presence in book 1, and then will be more integral to the plot in the sequels.
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I think you have this backwards. Catrin is the only real daughter of the king. The queen was pregnant by Trystan with Vala when she married King Amren. The second daughter was also sired by the queen's lover. The king tolerated this because of the curse Rhan put on his next child.Quinto wrote: ↑18 Sep 2018, 08:41 Yes, I thought the author could at least have brought more favorable qualities about Vala, especially noting that she is truly the King's seed unlike Catrin. The author seems to bring her up to be a contrast to the more comely Catrin which I think is a bit unfair to her.
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What's not exciting about an illegitimate, Celtic lesbian warrior princess stuck in the clutches of misogynistic Roman war camp?!?! It has interesting time written all over it!
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Now that you put it that way, Vala could be the most interesting character yet.
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It is all about putting it into perspective!Zain A Blade wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 14:43Now that you put it that way, Vala could be the most interesting character yet.
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I'm with CommMayo -- this is a novel premise in itself. That said, I think Vala is sort of a foil for Catrin: the more fully "warrior" type, dutiful, not pretty, not mystical, not tied up with a male love interest who would be an erratic chaperone, like Mor with Belinus. And of course, not Amren's child...
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Love this train of thought. When I read the book I felt the author had written Vala off as unimportant, nearly invisible. Now I wonder if she could hold her own against the Romans!??!CommMayo wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 14:46It is all about putting it into perspective!Zain A Blade wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 14:43Now that you put it that way, Vala could be the most interesting character yet.
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I agree with this as well. Vala is a character who could become very important in the next book, and perhaps the little we know about her will prove to be important to the continuation of the plot.juliamenez wrote: ↑18 Sep 2018, 11:02 I wonder if this is strategic on the author's part, where the character is just mentioned to establish a presence in book 1, and then will be more integral to the plot in the sequels.
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I think that Vala could totally hand those guys their butts. Perhaps she does end up with a love interest in the camps. Hopefully she will be fully explored in another book.