After a few visits with Eleni, George Cooper's mother, Alanna realizes that part of her wants to act like the ladies she sees in the Court. She gives Alanna the Ember-stone that allows the young woman to see magic being worked around her.Īs she progresses into knighthood, Alanna's feminine side is nurtured as well. Soon after, the Great Mother Goddess, Alanna's patron, shows up at her campfire. She also finds out that Faithful can talk to her, although to others it sounds as if he is meowing. It does not escape Alanna's notice that his eyes are as purple as her own. While camping in the woods on her way back to Corus from an errand, Alanna's campsite, set up under a willow tree, is discovered by a small black cat whom she names Faithful. But Prince Jonathan is much more to Alanna he is her ally, her friend, and one of the few who know she's a girl.Now it will take all of Alanna's skill, strength, and growing magical powers to protect him from the mysterious evil sorcerer bent on his destruction-and hers!" -Back cover summary, Random House's 1984 edition. " Disguised as a boy, Alanna of Trebond becomes a squire-to none other than the prince of the realm.
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