Alanna of Trebond

Alanna of Trebond, later of Olau and Pirates Swoop also called the Lioness
species: human
Kings Champion, Lady Knight
from The Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce
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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)

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