All he had was an unmarked grave for a healer no one would remember, a broken empire, and a shattered castle." Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash Your recaps were the perfect remedy to my intense book hangover. To the readers who made this all happen. Not getting to experience the fear from Erawan and Maeve when they behold Aelin's power was such a let down. During her stay in the fortress, she even has a relationship with Illias, which soon comes to an end because she remembers Sam. Conceding to her punishment given to her by Arobynn, Aelin journeys through the crimson dunes of the Red Desert to the fortress of the Silent Assassins, to train with the Mute Master and gain his approval within a month's time. And in a way, she actually is. Shes one powerful lady. In Orynth, Aedion and his forces set a trap for Morath's fleet and manage to destroy two of the three witch towers, crippling the third. Theres much we dont know about Eyllwe, like how Nehemia knew about Wyrdmarks in the first place; what other old knowledge is kept there? [She does not lose all of her power, but she does lose a great amount of it. This absolutely shook me to my core. While in Allsbrook, Aedion receives a letter from Kyllian, one of his Bane commanders, telling him that Morath's troops have made landfall in a city called Eldrys and destroyed it. The barmaid tries to offer Aelin something to treat the injuries on her face, but Aelin refuses, saying that they are meant to be a reminder for herself. Glennis tells her that only a Crochan Queen can summon them to war, and Manon has not been accepted. (Also: If the blood oath is a Fae thing, how does it work for her? Boss! Thank you, Sarah J. Maas. Not with death, but with life. She has it. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. They are losing. Aelin gets through to Fenrys using a code they established during her months of torture. Will Aelin somehow sacrifice her mortal body, but not her Fae self? Thank you for these reread posts! Manon and the Thirteen meet with her and reveal that her grandmother, the Blackbeak Matron, plans to rule all the Ironteeth and disband the separate clans. In Kingdom of Ash, Aelin has been delving into her power for three months to face and kill Maeve. Im curious what the future holds for Elide. She refers to her remaining powers as "an ember" of what they were. You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Chapter 24: Dorian goes to Baba Yellowlegs to try and get answers . But she d. She does not lose all of her power, but she does lose a great amount of it. must fight. 7) Feyre and Rhys make an appearance! They fight. Kingdom of Ash was released in four special editions, each with their own exclusive content. Asked by: Eldridge Johnston II. Now, not to be rude, but this seemed like the stupidest time to make this decision. Devastating. Throne of Glass Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. Kingdom of Ash spoiler | When Aelin lost the power she was just growing to love and cherish. She asks for their help and leaves. Sorry, but thats the truth. She never had been., Beauty. I just remembered something more!!! Error rating book. The torture scenes do not get any easier the second time around. When Yrene murmurs that she should impart Aelin's tips to Jessa, Aelin urges Yrene to share what she has learned with any female who bothers to listen. Im slightly convinced that hes not actually dead, but is trapped in his owl form, tied to Maeves side. When the Crochans come swooping in to save Orynth I think I actually whooped out loud. If youve been reading my posts, first thank you, youre the only person who has been, secondly, youve probably noticed that I put a lot of focus on the actual prose. and our The armour! She finds him and the two try to race back to avoid being killed by the inevitable tidal wave. Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom .very much Aelin to Rowan in Heir of Fire. Chaol says that when she does he will go with her. But what they find in a chest is not the Lock (which, it turns out, is the Eye of Elena) but a witch mirror. Morath's forces move to break Anielle's dam and flood the field. And when they are saying goodbye, they know that something is ending here too. Meaning aelin might still get huge fire powers again, if when she settles her magic becomes . In interviews preceding the series' release, Maas noted her heroine's issues with "impatience" and "vanity". Aware that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, though her resolve begins to unravel with each passing day. After spending two days waiting for her ship to the Red Desert, she is in a combative mood and expresses some disappointment that no one has attempted to rob her. Thank you, Rowan, Yrene, Manon, Lysandra, Elide, Nehemia, Aedion, Gavriel, Fenrys, Lorcan, Sam. But she does still have some. Required fields are marked *. Disgusted with the immorality of slaving and Arobynn's choice to involve her in his deal, Aelin decides to rescue the slaves and convinces Sam to assist her. What was the point of this then???!!! Without another word, Aelin boards the ship to the Red Desert. I just finished Kingdom of Ash a few hours ago.. and it was phenomenal. Like her powers did not help with the war AT ALL. The Crochans make plans to travel to Eyllwe to assist their own; they arrive too late to save anyone. And that doesnt easily get better. I still stare at it on my bookshelf and think well I could just read it again but Im trying to be strong. When everything is darkwhen Gavriel has sacrificed himself, when. The male lifts his hand and sends a gust of magic to slow her down. I have a strange sympathy for the older witches, cruel as they are; like most of the characters in this series, theyre the product of war and conflict, and scraping out a defensive position in a world that doesnt want them is somewhat understandable from a certain point of view. To withdraw your consent, see Your Choices. Ren and Darrow have reached them. Theres a line when theyre on the underground boat about how long it has been since they left that goes, three days, if whatever senses Rowan and Gavriel possessed proved true. The moment that Aelin goes off the boat to find rings is so sweet. Sam asks if she is going to bathe or if he can go first, and Aelin storms off to take a bath. 4) And she was not done yet. Ive had this quotation as a note on my laptop since I first read it. Kingdom of Ash was an absolute joy to read the second time around. What is his deal? on I Reread KINGDOM OF ASH: Heres What I Noticed, 5 Supernatural But Not-So-Scary YA Reads For Halloween, Watch The Latest HIS DARK MATERIALS Trailer. He could do nothing less. What if we go on, only to find a horrible friend waiting for us? Aelin looked northward, as if she could see all the way to Terrasen. In the end, Aelin doesnt need to do everything herself. She is one of the main viewpoint characters of Throne of Glass. This is. I would put it down, though, read something else for a day, because I couldnt face getting closer to the end. The mirror into which Aelin and Manon step was found in the chest that was the light twin to the dark one beneath Morath. I think this implies theres not just another chestbut another mirror. And then Manon walks out to the field, and stays there for hours, kneeling, wishing to everything that her family could come back. Okay, settle in, weve got to have a long chat about Manorian in this book. When she cares for someone, she cares for them deeply and has experienced enough loss in her life to never want to feel it again. She asserts that the guild does not need the money, but she wonders if Arobynn is not as wealthy as she believes and has been spending money that he does not have, or if he simply wishes to become more affluent. Fortunately Manon arrives at the same time with the Thirteen and 5,000 Crochan witches. Aelin has the power to wipe out entire valg armies with her power and youre like. I did. Aelin then breaks through this barrier, when Deanna possesses her. The battle continues. This scene, them finally forging and using the Lock, was epic, a saga defining scene. And can this Lock send both Erawanand Maeve back where they came from, along with those dang mysterious gods? But theyve spent so much time being violent and unyielding that Manon may be no choice but to destroy them. She leaves the gods to battle the creatures within and closes the gate. for the gods to not do any fucking thing? The Kingsflame was blooming. Because Aelin brought prosperity, brought hope back to Terrasen. But shes watched over by Annieth, whos described as the lady of wise things and slow deaths. When Aelin proves unresponsive, Maeve mentions that a Valg collar has been found and she is going to retrieve it for Aelin. The Crochans do not trust Manon and her coven, but she gains their support after killing two Ironteeth scouts; Dorian realizes she deliberately attracted the scouts. And when Aelin tried to trade for Elena girl, Elena is already dead and all your friends are very much alive and counting on you to get rid of Erawan! Will they somehow all do this together, and not have to die in the process? So next lets count, in no particular order, the top ten quotations of the series! Are they from the same place? And what role will Manon play in this? Brannon feared she was after something more terrible than conquest, but what does thatmean? Maeve helps distract Erawan while Dorian disguises himself as the Valg King and sneaks in and removes it. Even so, he is grateful that the cold and snow might hinder Erawan's army. She also possesses Ashryver eyesbright turquoise eyes with golden rings around the pupils, which serves as the major giveaway to her true identity since they are so distinctive and only run in her family. They gave her purpose, they taught her that she could be more than an assassin again. However, this is later proved to be just a threshold, as Aelin found out another 'bottom' when she delved into her power for a day - to prepare to face Maeve in Doranelle. When Aelin refuses to lower her weapons on the threat of Yrene's death, Yrene incapacitates her attacker while Aelin quickly dispatches the others, revealing that Aelin was simply using the attack as training for Yrene. When preparing for an inevitable encounter with either Maeve's or Erawan's forces as she sailed for the Stone Marshes, Aelin had hovered over her magic for days - still no burnout. A client offers them a huge sum of money for killing Ioan Jayne, the crimelord of Rifthold, and his second Farran. But then she gets the message from her parents, the debt has been paid enough, Fireheart. She doesnt need to feel guilty. They have to reappear, right?). (All that Mab became a goddess stuff issuch a lie and I cant wait for that to become apparent. And whose body did she steal?). Dont get me wrong though shes still an absolute badass and I guess it does add to her character building!. Aelin and Chaol reunite, and Aelin sees Yrene for the first time in three years. Does Aelin loses all her power? Rolfe taunts Aelin at dinner, urging her to remove her mask to partake in the meal, but she refuses. Abraxos is injured and has to return to their base to heal. She refers to her remaining powers as an ember of what they were. Training vigorously with the other acolytes and running daily to the oasis, she aids in the defense of the fortress against the silent attack of Lord Berick's men, scaring them off by igniting an oil-drenched ridge. Aelin snaps at Rolfe to mind his own business. At the same time, Morath has managed to repair the third witch tower and it is being set on Orynth's walls. Elide's father left her in the care of her uncle Vernon. You could do anything, if only you dared. , For the city that had offered her joy and pain, for the city that had given her music, Aelin kept the fire burning. , She was Aelin Ashryver Galathynius. The party kills five and capture one to interrogate for information. It is about comfort and connection and caring, but not love. All her scars later disappeared in Kingdom of Ash because of Doranelle's healers' ministrations. We start with a story. It is the lynchpin of Aelins arc over the entire series. Did she actually fall in love with him, whoever he was, or is that the story she made up to justify his disappearance? So the question is really two parts: Who will die, and how will Aelin handle it? There is almost nothing of the heartless witch we were introduced to in. She loves to read, write, watch films, and talk about Sarah J. Maas books. He also discovers that the stygian spiders are Valg. So, if you have read like once sentence of any other post in this series, you know I have an unhealthy love for Chaol Westfall. Aelin certainly had more to lose. Manon and her Thirteen bury the dead, earning them some respect. She saves them all. We know she has it, though she hasnt been able to do much with it yet. Aedion decides to ignore Darrow's orders and take the army to Terrasen's border. Rolfe then tells her that the map has been immutable for the past eight years, which unnerves Aelin, and that he did have to toil and kill to earn his title. She just needs toplan everything herself. YRENE. Destroy their world? She fell into a river, and only Elena sacrificing herself to save her kept her alive. Here we are, everyone, finally at the end. Her mother's dearest friend, Lady Marion Lochan, sacrificed herself to allow Aelin to escape and survive the massacre of her family. (I'm not good in handling such surprises lol) I'm actually great at dealing spoilers lol. Note: Im going to include some rankings and top ten lists and other fun things at the end of this post, so thats waiting at the bottom! Arobynn gives many gifts to her in place of an apology. Aelin attempts to goad Cairn into killing her before he uses fire to torture her. You dont really notice first time around because, you know, battle, but its this subtle curve weve been following for a while. *Wipes tears* First, as always, three of my favourite quotations from this book that didnt make it into the discussion: Ive kept it no secret that Crown of Midnight is my favourite TOG book, but here is my ranking of all of them, from favourite to least favourite: Some controversial choices, I know! Aelin gruffly questions Yrene as to why she, the daughter of a healer, is in Innish working as a barmaid; she admonishes her for not pressing on and at least being penniless in Antica near Torre Cesme instead of miserable in Innish and criticizes her for allowing herself to waste away in the awful town for the sake of a clean conscience. She claimed to hate the smell and taste of fish, but Rowan proved her wrong in. Aelin took years to stop being Celaena, to face up to who she was before she lost her family, and later her first love. Fenrys is gravely injured. Erawan leaves Maeve to go find Yrene. Thank you to Sarah J. Maas for writing these books, for giving me these characters that have helped me grow, helped me see that girls can save the world, and do it while wearing a dress, that it is okay to fall apart sometimes, that love has no boundaries. Aelin absolutely loathes slavery and unnecessary cruelty, as is evidenced when she allows her contracted targets to go free while acting as the King's Champion and when she freed the slaves at Skull's Bay with the help of Sam Cortland. Restraining Sam, he beats Aelin mercilessly until she loses consciousness, forcing Sam to watch. Which brings me to reason two: Aelin is driven by vengeance. And THEN SHE USES THEM ALL UP TO FORGE A LOCK WHICH WAS UTTERLY USELESS cause the gods are bitches who didnt bring erawan away and KILLED elena too? Then Ansel pretends to apologize to Celaena, but instead, she drugs her and leaves her in the desert with the instructions to leave, but Celaena goes back. A Valg soldier attacks them in the tent, and determines from Lysandra's blood that she is not Aelin. The whole Chaol/Aelin/Yrene reunion was amazing. And thank you, if youve been reading these posts. She wants the Wyrdkeys, too; she wants to wield those and Aelin, but for what purpose? Aelin, Dorian, and Chaol are the only three characters to get a point of view in the first book and a main point of view in six books, while other characters' points of view were all added in the following books. Theres no way he was mentioned so many times for no reason, right? I love her to bits, but right now her role is largely symbolic: Shes what Aelin is fighting for. When Aelin passes through worlds, she sees two Faea winged male and a very pregnant female. It is epic and powerful and heartfelt and meaningful and just lovely all around. Here are 10 of the biggest questionsfrom the mysteries of barely-seen countries and tricksy villains to the question that hangs over every final book in a series packed with conflict: Whos going to make it out alive? Everyone else comes out, laying down flowers, but this is Manons moment. Dorian's father appears and offers to forge the Lock himself; because Erawan took his name, he is essentially Nameless as well. Manon's grandmother flees on her wyvern. There was still beauty in this world. It seems as if the country should have a bigger, more active role to play, and I hope that happens inKingdom of Ash. It is split into two parts, Armies & Allies and Gods & Gates. Were the witches bred from female Valg? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Where were you babe?? Yrene inquires whether Aelin has needed to use the self-defense moves before; Aelin admits that she hasusually as the hunter. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I'd still beat you, no matter what you call me. But one thing I found confusing.. what exactly did Aelin do to the gods? He releases her to fight her and Fenrys, who has been forced to watch Aelin's torture by his blood oath to Maeve, breaks free of it and attacks Cairn. The Ashryvers are the royal family of the kingdom of Wendlyn, the Whitethorns seem to be the royal family from the kingdom of Doranelle. She was 10 the first time she killed a man under. These books have some striking covers, so next I decided to rank those as well! That everything is changed and knocked off its axis, everything but her love. Sam never knew his father. If Erawan has it, how (and when) did he get it? Because when you settle you can have a huge change in your magic. That being said, its important to note, that, at this point, this relationship is not love. Its not her only driving factor, obviously, but think about what happens every time someone she loves is harmed. And that is a great line from Dorian! After killing three of the four men, Aelin allows a shaken but grateful Yrene to treat her wounds while the young woman shares her heart-wrenching story, revealing her past as a gifted healer. One we all know, and I found myself whispering the words as I read. But where his growth, his pain, with the existence of. Thank you for answering, I need to know before continuing the series. Aelin's group eventually arrives in Anielle, where Chaol and the Khagan's army have been defending his homeland against Erawan's forces for five days. But Im also in pain because it ended Your review is amazing!!! Some bonds will grow everdeeper, while others will be severed forever in the fiery finish to the epicThrone of Glass series.[1]. She can shape her fire into shields, daggers, arrows, or even a rose. The first time I read the scene where they break out Aelin, I just rushed through it because I was so stressed and worried. Or together they will fall. Locked in an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she . Aelin's passionate nature also often extends to her interests, including books, sweets, and music.