What have we learnt?
• Lightsong the Bold is one of the Returned. One does not return unless one died in a way that exemplifies the great virtues of human existence. That is why the Iridescent Tones sends the Returned back. They act as examples to the people who still live. Lightsong is treated with respect and lives a life of luxury.
• Lightsong is very tall and has a muscular physique. He feels exhausted and dizzy. Lightsong is one of the younger divinities, having Returned just five years ago. There is about two dozen deities in the Court of God’s. Susebron, the God King, resigns above them all.
• The Returned are considered to be god’s. Each god represents something that relates to how they died. Lightsong died with bravery. He remembers nothing of his life before he became a Returned. The Returned are not allowed to know anything about his past life.
• Lightsong holds a huge amount of BioChromatic breath. However, he is not an Awakener so can not use it. If he gives his Breath away he dies. Only a person of the Third Heightening can distinguish a ‘true colour’. The Returned are of the Fifth Heightening.
• Lightsong does not need human food. It is is mere indulgence, and will not replenish his strength.
• Llarimar is Lightsong’s high priest. Lightsong must recall his dream for Llarimar, as his dreams may perceive visions of the future.
• In order to survive, Lightsong must acquire one Breath a week. These are sacrificed to him by the people of Hallandren, and their families are are paid for the donation. People also become Returned outside of Hallandren, but they usually die withing eight days without the access to Breath. Hallandren offers their gods these Breaths to protect them.
• Next Lightsong has to judge various pieces of art. They are sent to him for his inspection. His judgment is considered a judgment on the artists fortune in the near future. The art is then burnt, as they are intended for the gods inspection only. These inspections are called Offerings.
• Hallandren wrighting is written with dots of colour. Each coloured dot represents a different sound.
• Lightsong’s next, and last, duty is the Petitions. Except today their are no petitions as the new queen, Siri, is arriving today. She will marry the God King as soon as she arrives. The God King is the only Returned who is permitted to marry or have children.
• Lightsong holds the Command phase that allows access to controlling a Lifeless army. He gives Llarimar a core Command that can only be used to control the Lifeless in non-combat situations. The phase will expire a day after its first use. Lightsong is one of the four gods to hold a Command for the Lifeless armies.
• Only the gods can walk around the palace freely. Servers must use hallways attached to the outside of the rooms.
• Those who loose their Breath are known as a Drag. Or a Dull. Or a Faded One.
Personal Chapter Analysis
Lightsong’s title alone would be more than enough to give most people an ego…
• Again we have an interesting character. Much like Siri, who is the daughter of a king, Lightsong has a large reputation. Much like Siri, he is a bit careless and outside the status quo of what is expected of him.
• Lightsong is a god, and yet he finds divinity to be foolish. “It was just that . . . well, he was probably the world’s only god who didn’t believe in his own religion.” This creates an interesting contradiction.
• We tend to dislike potentious people. His name is Lightsong the Brave, and yet, by the way that he speaks, he is a very humble open-minded character. Lightsong’s title alone would be more than enough to give most people an ego. Yet Lightsong questions this.
Lightsong has aspiration, yet does not consider acting upon it. He only desires…
• I think if this character and Siri ever meet, they would get on very well with eachother. The difference is, it is not so obvious how Lightsong will progress throughout the book as it is with Siri. Maybe he will end up believing in his own religion, or maybe he will prove that he is right.
• Most likely, as I feel like he is a pampered character, an inability to turn his thoughts into actions could be his flaw. “Makes me think of the outside. I wish I could visit.” Lightsong has aspiration, yet does not consider acting upon it. He only desires.
Characters
• Lightsong
• Llarimar
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