One leads out of the castle and another leads to a room containing the tomb of Elena, the first Queen of Adarlan and daughter of Brannon Galathynius. In a dream, Aelin finds a door hidden behind a tapestry of Elena Galathynius in her bedchamber leading to a series of secret tunnels within the castle. Chaol divides his time between training/guarding Aelin and investigating these mysterious deaths. In the meantime, the other competitors are slowly getting picked off, either murdered in grotesque fashions or eliminated by the Tests. The prince gives Aelin an alias to use during her stay: Lady Lillian Gordaina, a jewel thief from Bellhaven.Ĭhaol is to train Aelin for the various Tests she is to complete to move through the competition. Aelin finds that she is in fact not the only criminal to compete there are numerous thieves and killers sponsored by other lords to partake in the competition. Dorian and Chaol take Aelin to the glass castle, the home of the King of Adarlan. Aelin takes the opportunity to get out of Endovier and takes the prince up on the deal. Should Aelin win, she would serve the King for four years until earning her freedom. On the anniversary of her parents' deaths, Aelin snaps and ends up going on a killing spree, killing twenty-four of the Endovier guards-including her overseer-in the process.Īs a result of the King of Adarlan's decree to hold a competition to find the King's Champion, Dorian Havilliard sets out with the Captain of the Royal Guard, Chaol Westfall, to Endovier to retrieve Aelin and propose to her that she should compete.

Aelin is left with many scars from her imprisonment, including three stark scars down her back from being whipped. Most prisoners only survive an average of three months in the mines, and she survives only because slaves from Eyllwe tend to her wounds every night. Aelin, as Celaena, spends a total of one year in the mines and is often beaten for amusement by the guards.

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