Alanna of Trebond: Difference between revisions
(New page: {{Femchar | Names = Alanna of Trebond, later of Olau and Pirates Swoop also called the Lioness | Species = human | Occupation = Kings Champion, Lady Knight | Works = [...) |
(Books featuring Alanna) |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
| Image = | | Image = | ||
| Caption = | | Caption = | ||
}} | }}Alanna and her twin bother Thom don't want the lives their father has picked for them. He wishes to send Alanna to the City of the Gods to learn to be a lady and Thom to the capital to train as a Knight. However Alanna wants to be a Knight and Thom a mage. So the twins switch places. It is forbidden for girls to train to be knights so Alanna must hide her sex for 8 long year while she trains, first as a page and them as a squire. | ||
Alanna and her twin bother Thom don't want the lives their father has picked for them. He wishes to send Alanna to the City of the Gods to learn to be a lady and Thom to the capital to train as a Knight. However Alanna wants to be a Knight and Thom a mage. So the twins switch places. It is forbidden for girls to train to be knights so Alanna must hide her sex for 8 long year while she trains, first as a page and them as a squire. | |||
==Books featuring Alanna== | |||
*[[Song of the Lioness]] quartet, where Alanna is the protagonist | |||
**''[[Alanna: The First Adventure]]'' ([[1983]]) | |||
**''[[In the Hand of the Goddess]]'' ([[1983]]) | |||
**''[[The Woman Who Rides Like a Man]]'' ([[1986]]) | |||
**''[[Lioness Rampant]]'' ([[1988]]) | |||
*[[The Immortals]] quartet, about [[Veralidaine Sarrasri]], Alanna is a minor character | |||
**''[[Wild Magic]]'' ([[1992]]) | |||
**''[[Wolf-Speaker]]'' ([[1993]]) | |||
**''[[The Emperor Mage]]'' ([[1994]]) | |||
**''[[Realms of the Gods]]'' ([[1996]]) | |||
*[[Protector of the Small]] quartet, about the first girl to train openly for her knighthood | |||
**''[[First Test]]'' ([[1999]]) | |||
**''[[Page]]'' ([[1999]]) | |||
**''[[Squire]]'' ([[2001]]) | |||
**''[[Lady Knight]]'' ([[2002]]) | |||
*Tricksters duology, about Alanna's daughter | |||
**''[[Trickter's Choice]]'' ([[2003]]) | |||
**''[[Trickster's Queen]]'' ([[2004]]) | |||
{{charstub}} | {{charstub}} | ||
[[category:Young adult]] | [[category:Young adult]][[category:Women disguised as men]][[Category:characters]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:57, 31 December 2008
|
Alanna of Trebond, later of Olau and Pirates Swoop also called the Lioness |
|
species: human |
|
Kings Champion, Lady Knight |
| Encyclopedia of Female Characters |
|---|
| Issues in characterization: Identities, representation, stereotypes |
| Indexes of female characters: notable female characters ... |
| Comprehensive: A-G ...
H-P ...
Q-Z
|
Alanna and her twin bother Thom don't want the lives their father has picked for them. He wishes to send Alanna to the City of the Gods to learn to be a lady and Thom to the capital to train as a Knight. However Alanna wants to be a Knight and Thom a mage. So the twins switch places. It is forbidden for girls to train to be knights so Alanna must hide her sex for 8 long year while she trains, first as a page and them as a squire.
Books featuring Alanna
- Song of the Lioness quartet, where Alanna is the protagonist
- The Immortals quartet, about Veralidaine Sarrasri, Alanna is a minor character
- Protector of the Small quartet, about the first girl to train openly for her knighthood
- First Test (1999)
- Page (1999)
- Squire (2001)
- Lady Knight (2002)
- Tricksters duology, about Alanna's daughter
- The article about this character is a STUB, meaning it is tiny and needs lots of work. Help flesh it out.