I am once again beefing with one mr Lloyd Alexander. Listen. Listen. Achren has absolutely WASTED comedic potential post Castle of Llyr. A declawed but unreformed villain adopted by the protags is an inherently funny thing to be. She should have been, like, a constant annoying background presence AT LEAST. She's never seen a farm in her life. She's like why do you have PIGS and Taran's like that pig is actually a powerful magic wielder unlike SOME of us. Dallben makes a pie or something and she's waiting for her share and he's like I'm sorry world-conquering villainesses don't get dessert. Like she's a naughty child. Someone goes after Eilonwy and she's like oh no! Who would do such a thing? Thirty seconds of cricket noises. Eilonwy is bemoaning her struggles with magic and Achren is like you know we COULD be studying magic right now...... such a shame that SOMEONE destroyed the isle of enchantresses.......... and they're like what do you want us to do NOW, rebuild it? Rebuild the........ island? She hisses every time she sees Gwydion. Sometimes she chants ominously in corners but it doesn't do anything. She yells "a hex upon thee!!" every time someone is rude to her (Flewddur's a little worried about it). She knows all the new villains and thinks they're really lame. Like "oh you had to fight MORDA? That can't have taken long, that guy's such a dweeb. Did u know the password to his wall of thorns is 'password'. deadass." Taran, who almost died in the wall of thorns, is like I did not know that. Everyone gets used to her