Rozemyne will take on even the gods themselves in her quest to rescue Ferdinand. She speeds to Ahrensbach faster than Steifebrise, and as the battle against Lanzenave commences, Georgine finally begins her invasion. To war!
I loved this section - Effa’s point of view, learning just how far her daughter has risen; Gunther learning his sickly daughter is now leading a squadron of knights; and Ferdinand, hearing phrases like there’s no point in saving a country without you in it, and his thoughts about how he’s never been anyone’s top priority before.
I am even more curious about the circumstances of his adoption, though - it seems he was smuggled out? So maybe he was someone’s top priority, once, just before he remembers. I wonder how Aub Ehrenfest became involved in that - and I guess his sister? Did someone just decide to stop sending Lanzenave mana (and man, what a weird way to do it!) or did someone become fond of him in particular? And then what did happen to his mother?
For that matter, I assume the death of the Aub’s sister / Ferdinand’s guardian was at Veronica’s hands.
Ferdinand’s bitterness about being sent to the Temple instead of Veronica - I think that is pretty interesting and very human though also probably wrong. I don’t think the temple could have contained Veronica or protected Ferdinand from her, and the damage she would have done getting out would have been enormous.
Hmm… there was a mention about some incident over a delivery of feystones souring the relations between Lanzenave and Yurgenschmidt. Do you think the issue might have been Ferdinand’s feystone not being delivered?
I loved this section - Effa’s point of view, learning just how far her daughter has risen; Gunther learning his sickly daughter is now leading a squadron of knights; and Ferdinand, hearing phrases like there’s no point in saving a country without you in it, and his thoughts about how he’s never been anyone’s top priority before.
I am even more curious about the circumstances of his adoption, though - it seems he was smuggled out? So maybe he was someone’s top priority, once, just before he remembers. I wonder how Aub Ehrenfest became involved in that - and I guess his sister? Did someone just decide to stop sending Lanzenave mana (and man, what a weird way to do it!) or did someone become fond of him in particular? And then what did happen to his mother?
For that matter, I assume the death of the Aub’s sister / Ferdinand’s guardian was at Veronica’s hands.
Ferdinand’s bitterness about being sent to the Temple instead of Veronica - I think that is pretty interesting and very human though also probably wrong. I don’t think the temple could have contained Veronica or protected Ferdinand from her, and the damage she would have done getting out would have been enormous.
Hmm… there was a mention about some incident over a delivery of feystones souring the relations between Lanzenave and Yurgenschmidt. Do you think the issue might have been Ferdinand’s feystone not being delivered?