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the one on the end of the boat is christopher and the other one that is in the air is Mal. Mal flies around with her coat that she got from her namer. Its fabric is so thick that it catches the wind and allows her to fly or glide when the wind is good.

Then there eis Christopher. He lived in the real world in somewhere in the 21st century. The weird thing about him is that animals follow him everywhere he goes. Foxes, crows, skunks, Cats , anything ; even mythical creatures.

Finally the best character in my opinion is Gelflein. He is the little creature right next to Christopher. He is a griffin, the last one of his kind actually but he is also Mal's best companion and the thing that kept her going even after her aunt was killed.

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this book I can say is one of if not my favorite singular book that I have ever read . I can tell just how much effort was put into this with the emotions and the action it was just awesome!

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This is the boat that the entire crew in this book traveled on in the beginning.

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a small pirate boat that looks like it could brave the fiercest seas

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Alongside Mal and Christopher there is an entire crew going with them to save the glimourie ( the glimourie is the magical tree that keeps all the mythical creatures alive in the archipelago).

The first of this group is Fidens Night hand. He is part of an almost extinct tribe called the berserkers , and their job was to protect the immortal. It is said that a true berserker never feels fear.

The next character you meet is actually not even a person. Her name is rattwin. She is a species of animal called a rattoska . They are large versions of squirrels with green fur and a short horn atop their head. rattoskas like to spread news and talk to humans to do so but she uses her talking ability to map the oceans and explore.

The last one of these characters is Iran. She is a simple girl that lives in the glimourie but you can normally find her inside of a library researching on sea animals. A thing that you couldn't notice until she jumps in the water is that she is part nerid . A nereid is like a mermaid but with no tails. Their fingertips and their hair is silver . They have tons of knowledge on the ocean and are said to have beautiful voices. Iran was also able to notice that the creatures were getting worse and she joined Night hand, Mal, christopher, and Rattwin .

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This is Nighthand when Mal and Christopher first landed on his ship.

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This is the character Iran from the book in new clothes because the other ones were destroyed by a kraken.

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"That is why great power must never reside in only one person.It must be shared." Her voice was rougher than before, " It must be spread among as many good women and men as can be found; not because it is kind of polite or fair, but because it is the only way to beat back against horror."-Naravirala pg :322

This quote is important to the story line by really explaining why Mal did what she did , not just because she was that kind of person that would save people , but because she realized that it had to be done in order to save not just the Glimourie but the entire world.

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"I wish someone would have told me."

'What?"

"About the worst question."

"What question?"

"The question what if I had done differently?"

This quote really helps the story line by making the reader feel the sort of desperateness Mal was feeling after her best companion was murdered. It shows how important Gelflein was to her.

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This is the Government building  where the group meats Iran.

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This is the Government building  where the group meats Iran.

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This is the mountain where the group meets up with the sphynxes to get the knowledge about what is happening with the Glimourie.

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This is the mountain where the group meets up with the sphynxes to get the knowledge about what is happening with the Glimourie.

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a giant mountain with raging seas with ancient writing carved all over it

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This is the kitchen where we meet Mals aunt * that gets murdered, don't get attached*

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This is the kitchen where we meet Mals aunt * that gets murdered, don't get attached*

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*This is the fountain where Gelflein gets murdered D:*

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*This is the fountain where Gelflein gets murdered D:*

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A wide cobbled square lined with shuttered stores. in the center a stone forntain in the shape of a mermaid sending up water into the lamplight. Heavy silver drinking cups carved with unicorns hung from its side.

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In this book the author believes that Friendship and companionship is important to get anything done. All thought out the book it shows this theme over and over again. Especially with Christopher and Mal. Like where they are scaling the mountains to go find the sphynxes and Christopher gets stuck , Mal throws him her favorite coat that allows her to fly . Just so that he is able to get up with the others . That doesn't seem like a lot but that coast was given to her by her namer and has been with her every single day till her end.

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Dear Katherine Rundell, my first question is : how did you come up with all of this? Because not in my wildest dreams could i ever come up with something this amazing and this creative! The plot twists and the emotion poured into this book is just incredible. I just love how you used these famous mythical creatures but added some of your own. But also the way you used words on describing things just set a whole scene while reading this book. I don't think any other person could have written this to be this good.