But she is happy to be surrounded by rich foods and beautiful linens and clothes, all things she loved in her former life.Īll of the potential champions train, dwell, and compete in the castle for thirteen weeks. Her beauty, which used to be a source of pride for her, was also diminished by the harsh conditions at Endovier. It is hard to keep food down as she has been malnourished for so long, and she is thin and weak. She finally agrees to compete and uses the alias Lillian Gordaina to try to keep her infamous identity hidden.Ĭelaena is in bad shape after a year of hard work in Endovier. Her sharp mind is evident as she analyses the people and her surroundings as she’s being led by Chaol from the prison and subsequently questioned by Dorian. Also, he eliminated magic from his kingdom and other nearby lands ten years ago and punishes anyone who even retains books about the subject.Ĭelaena is a good candidate for the competition because she built quite a reputation during her past work as an assassin, perhaps the best in all the land.

The king is a nasty, arrogant man who has been conquering kingdoms throughout Erilea. The contest is to discover the next King’s Champion, in essence someone to do the king’s dirty work. He presents her to Prince Dorian, who has summoned her to see if she would be suitable to compete for him in a contest his father is putting on. Caution is advised!Ĭhaol Westfall retrieves Celaena from Endovier, the slave camp she has been imprisoned in for the past year. S POILER W ARNING: This section has important plot information. This section uses content from an article at Book Series Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined. Then one of the other contestants turns up dead. but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.

Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom. But she had to work, fight, and live under an alias that she was given by the prince.Ĭelaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. Her opponents are men: thieves, assassins, and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince.

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