#mistwind asks

[ghafa]

so Edyn doesn't have any memories? (This is for Mistwind btw). How does that work?

ah yes. So Edyn has a sort of recurring memory loss. She could go for months and not lose any memory, and then wake up and she’s completely forgotten the last few days. One thing that sucks is she knows that she could lose all her memories all over again because how much she loses is really inconsistent. When she starts travelling with Lande he ends up giving her a journal to write everything down so she doesn’t have to trust them to fill in the blanks.

So it’s not a guarantee that she’ll forget everything, but it’s also not a guarantee that she will remember everything either, which is frustrating for her so she tries to write down every detail she can.

[ghafa]

so what's Mistwind about really?

strap in my friend

so the series as a whole is about a conflict between two countries: Layera and Araynn. Historically speaking, they go way back. A little bit of backstory here is that the two countries were both allies once. Long story cut short, something happened and each country blamed the other for it. Years and years later (I'm talking centuries), Layera decides to invade Araynn. This is despite the fact that Araynn is a peaceful country that dedicates it's time and resources into helping the needy instead of military. They do have a standing army, it's just very small. Araynn had something that Layera needed, and combined with the ill-feelings from the past, they decided: hey? why not invade? (because it's rude maybe? just a thought). Anyhow Layera slaughtered most of the adult population and either enslaved the children or had them shipped off to Layera to be raised there as "good citizens of the empire". Yeah those kids were treated like crap.

But the main part of the story involves a branch of the rebels led by Bayr with Iyla and Niralin backing him up (tentatively named The Sparrows) and their conflict with Elizar. Since book 1 is from the perspective of Ignorant Edyn™ you don't know much about this other than the conflict is personal and could involve a) the dragon b) ryan?? Edyn isn't sure or c) Edyn herself

But yes the story involves a lot of slavery, exploitation, morally grey concept (a lot of the heroes are actually criminals both by Layeran and Araynnian standards) and magic. Also cool things like Land Sirens, actual Sirens and another species that is currently going unnamed because spoilers.It gets pretty dark and angsty but also goofy and happy which basically describes me as a person. Also not sure if I made it clear but it’s medieval fantasy type stuff :))

[ghafa]

what do you think is the most interesting character trait that edyn has?

For Edyn I would have to say her scepticism is a very important and interesting part of her. She’s not one to blindly accept things at face value. She has a very analytical mind and is able quickly come up with logical conclusions, even if it contradicts what she already believes. For her, nothing is set in stone. Of course this results in a whole lot of things like trust issues and indecisiveness, but in the end it works out for her most of the time.

When she looses her memory (which happens in book one, but chronologically speaking book one is more like book two) Edyn manages to work out pretty quickly that she knew the Rebels before she lost her memory simply due to her observational skills, despite being told over and over that they have no idea who she is. Of course, more than once her mind takes her to the wrong conclusion and she ends up thinking the wrong thing but her heads in the right place most of the time.