Natalie Dumar
Age 18
Natalie, who finds herself in Ardiil, must find Iskatar and complete her quest of helping Kælon obtain the throne.
Motivation
Natalie desires to be in a place where she is loved. Her fear and distrust of everyone makes her short-tempered and afraid. Natalie is seeking meaning and purpose.
Goal/Desire
Natalie's first goal is to complete her training with Curthadir, which requires that she rid herself of fear. After that Natalie desires to reestablish the kingdom Iskatar set up.
Conflict
Natalie's fear keeps her from reaching full potential and grants her the inability to trust others. The Korgar are a strong group with many followers. A fear among the people of Ardiil allows the Korgar to stay in power.
Epiphany
Natalie learns from Curthadir that there is really nothing to fear save what we force ourselves to fear. Natalie learns that the common philosophy is that we live because we're afraid to die; we die because we cannot live. But the one who does not know fear will not know death.
Summary
Sarah flees from her father with her mother's pendant to the world of Ardiil. There she is trained by the seer, Curthadir, and sent on a quest to find Iskatar. Along this road she finds Kælon and becomes his escort to Iskatar. While traveling together, Natalie helps Kælon overcome grow into the man that he needs to be in order to lead a nation. Upon the death of Curthadir, Natalie is moved to the position of Seer in the council of six. In this position, she takes up Curthadir's conviction that Kælon must be king of Ardiil. In defense of this belief, Natalie gives everything she has, including her life.
4 comments:
Ooo, a fancy “ae.” Haha. How do you pronounce this name now? I’m pretty darn impressed by your creativity. How in the world do people like George R.R. Martin, Tamora Pierce, and you come up with these crazy worlds? I can never understand. -__-
I am really glad you're posting so much. Even if you are one of only a handful of people who reads my blog, I'm glad for all your interest! the "ae" is pronounced like the 'a' in "ash," from what I'm told. A friend of mine told me that, and I confirmed it online.
Who is Tamora Pierce? I feel pretty honored to be named among famous people. I hope to be as famous as them pretty soon ^_^
Tamora Pierce is one of my favorite authors! I know she writes for young adults (even though I guess I technically still am, hehe), but her ideas are so imaginative and creative that I can’t help but still be impressed now! You should read them! They’re not long, but very gripping. My favorite series of hers would be The Immortals and The Protector of the Small, but you should probably start with The Song of the Lioness first since those are the first ones :D
Wow, that is a lot of information. I had to read it twice. I will definitely look those books up. You don't happen to live in Denver, do you? You could just let me borrow them then ^_^ Are they similar to the stuff I'm writing about? I could probably learn something anyway.... I need to decide on another book to read, but I've been kinda lazy.
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