Oh, I really liked this a lot! I love all the little details and descriptions and hints (Queen Yrsa the Deep-Minded, Rilian's bastard son sharing the nursery with the prince, what happened to Col being "another story entirely") and this vision of the early Narnia as an unsettled place, still being shaped, where gods walked the earth, and the Narnians being a warrior culture - I like how ancient they felt, and how appropriate, for this early in Narnian history.
I also liked Ider and Col and his companions acceptance of her, while Kit uses her as the reason to drive his brother away. I love how Ider was able to speak for herself, to claim her place as warrior, even with both the Crown Prince and the King telling her no. I wonder if she because Col's Queen in Archenland...
And I loved Rilian's son being of the first line - talk about strengthening his ties to the throne and the bloodline going all the way back to the beginning of the World - and that the Archenlanders remember all the history that the Narnians don't.
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Date: 2012-08-13 02:53 pm (UTC)I also liked Ider and Col and his companions acceptance of her, while Kit uses her as the reason to drive his brother away. I love how Ider was able to speak for herself, to claim her place as warrior, even with both the Crown Prince and the King telling her no. I wonder if she because Col's Queen in Archenland...
And I loved Rilian's son being of the first line - talk about strengthening his ties to the throne and the bloodline going all the way back to the beginning of the World - and that the Archenlanders remember all the history that the Narnians don't.
Very well done!