There is one constant throughout the entire series, and his name is Aveirendan Moonslayer.
Aveir has an interesting role in each book. In the first book he acts as the antagonist (for those of you who aren't writters and don't know what that is, that means the bad guy). However inocent and kind he may seem in the first section of the book, he is the one who revives the Elven Wars, which his father, King Rirakell, had managed to put to an uneasy end two hundred years before.
In book two he appears as a very insignificant side character, about only three or so really important things happening to him in the whole book.
Book three he is a very important secondary character, who almost runs against the main character at times in importance.
Book four he's the main character, at last, standing as a confused and worried protagonist he must discover who assasinated his closest friend.
Book five, where everything comes together, remember that one? Well, he's the main character once again, standing against a task which is practically impossible to fulfill.
Because of the nature of the story, and the fact that Aveir Moonslayer is an elf, and "pratically" immortal this series actually spans across what I'm guessing right now to be three to four hundred years. It starts out in a time which would be like the 1700's for us, but instead of most wars being fought with rifles and such they keep their swords, spears and bows, even some older, midievil styles of clothing and such. It's clean and advanced, yes, just "old fashoned".
The series skips several hundred years to what would be equivalent to the second World War in our world. Guns more accurate and swords piratically forgotten. This bound takes place between the third and fourth books. Unlike us however, they never create automobiles, which is probably the biggest difference. They have light bulbs and the likes, electricity, natural gas to heat their homes, but they never get cars. They even have airplanes... but they stick to the old horse and carriage game for the whole thing.
Book Five is moddern, so about sixty years later.
But anyways, I've gotten off track. We're talking about Aveir. Well, his physical discription is simple enough. He has really dark hair, which is spekled by strekes of blond. Like some one just starting to really go grey, but not as grey.... you know. His hair is mostly black, and always stays that way. He's rather short, to tell the truth, only 5'2" (that makes him shorter than me... MWHAHAHAHAHA... ahem...) and he has very dark brown eyes. What's important about his history is he's actually the second shadow elf to ever have been born. Shadow elves are the children of a light elf and a dark elf, light and dark combining to make a shadow, simple as that.
He's second in line for the throne of the Eastern World in book one, but of course, that doesn't help much, does it? I've pretty much revealed all that happens in book one to those who I actually invited to follow this, so I'll just say it. When he is judged by the great dragon Kelsin he is cursed, like his ancestor, Aberis, before him. He his cursed to not be able to father any children unless he becomes king of the Eastern World, which then he would only be able to have one son, who would be able to take the throne after him. (Aberis's curse is different, basically all of his desendants, no matter what, are male... no question about it... I might just post up that story on here... ooo, sneek peek to next blog post.)
For some reason I feel as if there's an invisible line after book three, like I can't tell anyone details of the last two books, but I will say this, Aveir never remarries after his wife, Arabella, dies of a strange sickness between books three and four. She was human anyways, so the jump of several hundred years would have clasified her as dead anyways.
Book two I have a human named Mist marry an elf named Rune, (there's sort of the main characters, but this is a tangent, so I'll make it quick.) and she is what is considered to be a half elf with a dominate human side, which only happens when some one is a desendent of a Sessak. Anyways, Mist it told that she could use a thing called a Kessak Stone to become "immortal", making her elven half dominate and being able to live forever like Rune, but in the attempt to do so she's injured very badly, and it doesn't work. It's finally decided that there's no point and she just dies of old age. My point? Simple, mortals can't change whether they can live forever or not (elves are considered mortals, you're only immortal if there is no way possible for you to die.... elves can die... ya know, just saying).
Oh, I'm getting hungry... sorry, random I know, and this post has a lot of tangents...
Aveir, I've decided, can play piano... which just made him so much more attractive in my mind. Sorry, but you know. He has a very handsome face and smile, but most consider that completely destroyed when he's mauled by an unknown beast in the first book, leaving his face and the front part of his body etched with scars for the rest of his life... well... that's under debate, I might change that... we'll see when I write book five whether the scars heal completely or not. He's an expert with the sword, but after the end of the first book he can't help but become severely sick every time he's forced to take a life. Like... vomit, sick.
He's some one who, like Aberis (remember that guy?), hates being put into positions of leadership, but must do it simply because he is a prince... sort of comes with the job.
Um... I might explore further on Aveir later, but I think I've got it pretty well covered right now. Hooray!
-Dancy M. Grant © 2010
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