Meanwhile, Lirael finds, on her nineteenth birthday, a non-Clayr magical inheritance of the artifacts of a Remembrancer (one who looks into the past) and is quite swiftly dispatched to fulfill a very recent vision the Clayr had of her in a boat on the Red Lake with Nick. He gets into trouble on the way and Mogget turns up, to his surprise and suspicion. Sameth flees the palace and his sister to go and look for Nick. Their paths cross as Nicholas Sayre, an Ancelestierran friend of Sameth, crosses the border into the Old Kingdom and then to the Red Lake in search of the Lightning Trap, a region in the south west of the Kingdom where the royal rule does not extend and the Clayr cannot See. Here he is expected to continue his studies to follow his mother as the Abhorsen, a future he is mortally afraid of, especially since his encounter with Hedge. His father Touchstone arrives to take him back to the Old Kingdom and the safety of the palace in Belisaere.
She also summons the Disreputable Dog, whom she befriends and who helps her in her explorations.Īcross the Wall in Ancelestierre, Prince Sameth has an encounter with the necromancer Hedge and his summoned Dead Hands, which leaves him injured both spiritually and physically.
Through her solitary work in forgotten corners of the mystical library in the Clayr's Glacier, Lirael begins to unlock the keys to embarking upon an apparently predestined adventure of utmost importance. The fact that this bloodline trait has not shown itself at the usual age of around eleven, as well as the absence of any truly understanding or sympathetic other in her life, leaves Lirael emotionally distressed and very unhappy until her appointment to the Clayr's Library on her fourteenth birthday. Most hurtful, though, is her lack of the Clayr's birthright, the Sight (the ability to see into the future or possible futures). With raven-black hair, a pale complexion, pointy face, muddy-brown eyes and unknown paternal parentage, she differs physically from the generally deep-tanned, fair-haired, round-faced and blue- or green-eyed seers around her. Lirael sees herself as an outcast within the world of the Clayr. It revolves around two main chĪracters: Lirael (Rememberancer/Abhorsen-in-Waiting after whom it is named) and Prince Sameth (son of King Touchstone and Abhorsen Sabriel).
It is split into 3 parts: Part 1 occurs almost 14 years after the events of Sabriel & Parts 2/3 almost 19 years after the events of Sabriel (or 5 years after part 1), during the reign of King Touchstone I. Lirael (or Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr in some countries) is part of the 'Old Kingdom' series, written by Garth Nix, the second book in the series.
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