The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons)

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The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons)

The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons)

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The book then cuts between Kihrin and on going events with others. The others face their own challenges: Teraeth realizes too late Gadrith is using Gates and Tyentso arrives at the Blue Palace to run into Talon, who then fights Teraeth with Teraeth seeming to have stopped her with a stake. Tyentso and Teraeth find the D'Mon's who catch up before finding Kihrin dead. They take Kihrin to the Cathedral of Thaena in hopes Kihrin will be returned. Meanwhile Gadrith has Sandus kill him, switching their souls and Qoran meets up with the others as he comes to ask for Jarith to be Returned. Tyentso, tired of waiting and hearing the news of Gadrith, goes to kill him herself.) Yeah, well...' He rubbed his arms. 'You and Tishar can rest easy. I prefer girls. Usually. I mean-' He shivered. 'Oh damn.'

The Ruin of Kings” combines a fascinating mix of adventure, enchanting magic, and betrayal. The book’s high fantasy plot centers around Kihrin, a young musician and thief, whose life changed following an encounter with a demon. As the story progresses, he gets claimed by a royal family as their long-lost son. However, his life with the family proves disappointing. Vikas Adam reads Kihrin’s story after his kidnapping, and he does an excellent job of reflecting Kihrin’s personality from his wit and snark to the sadder moments of his life. He has excellent comedic timing and an intuitive sense of oral storytelling as he always seems so relaxed, yet present in the moment. Then again, maybe Kihrin isn’t the hero, for he’s not destined to save the empire. He’s destined to destroy it. Feodor Chin reads Thurvishar D’Lorus’ tale. I hadn’t expected to like the inclusion of Thurvishar’s tale as much as I did because I don’t really like multiple narrators. However, after a little while, I couldn’t imagine the story being told without his steady voice as a buffer between Talon’s and Kihrin’s tales. Plus, Vikas Adam was a brilliant choice for this part as his voice and interpretations played well between Soneela’s and Feodor’s readings.

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Butterbelly, next time Princess has kittens do you want me to bring you a couple? Your shop seems to have a problem with rats." [8] You may not have mastered all the skills that are your birthright, but the ability to pass unnoticed is very much your own. I suggest you make that the key to your goals.' She pushed a dagger into my hands. 'And now you are a man with a knife. Woe to the Empire.'" [52] They discuss Xaltorath, Relos Var, and Gadrith, and Kihrin asserts he must stop them. Janel asks who Elana was, and Kihrin states she wasn It's impossible not to be impressed with the ambition of it all . . . a larger-than-life adventure story about thieves, wizards, assassins and kings to dwell in for a good long while."— The New York Times

At some point, Kihrin gets marked by a demon after witnessing a dark magic ritual at a noble’s mansion while trying to steal some jewels. Later, the young man becomes embroiled in a dangerous plot to assassinate the Quur emperor and steal valuables from the imperial vaults. This turn of events changes Kihrin’s life mission from saving the empire to destroying it. A key expectation of the TV series is that more characters will come to the fore since TV doesn’t favor too much focus on a single protagonist. So, you can expect to see more active characters and a moderate focus on the main protagonist, Khirin. This approach allows viewers to connect and relate to multiple characters, creating a hook. About “The Ruin of Kings” Characters Kihrin runs from the Kazivar House to Butterbelly's Pawn Shop. He enters and after catching his breath accuses Butterbelly of setting him up. Butterbelly denies this but can only say the tip came from "'...a good source. A trusted source.'" [7] After tensions settle Kihrin hands Butterbelly his loot with a smirk, and they haggle over the price for the intalgio carved ruby ring. While discussing it Butterbelly questions Kihrin on where the money he earns goes as he hasn't been caught by the Watchmen for spending it. Kihrin grows defensive stating its not for him, and Butterbelly ponders over the likelihood the money is for Surdyeh. Kihrin begins to ask a question when the pair is interrupted by the arrival of Faris and two of his gang members (one being Merit, who is then unnamed).

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Anymore? That would imply I did once. Why would I start now?' I placed my hand on my sword hilt." [86] If things weren’t already complicated enough, Kihrin is then claimed as the missing son of a treasonous prince, unwillingly pulled into the political machinations of a quite terrible royal family. Kihrin eventually escapes the royal household, only to be pulled into an even larger struggle for power—one in which he is part of a prophecy, sought after by gods, demons, dragons, and mages alike. Because' Teraeth said as he walked up behind us, 'nothing is more terrifying than a man who has no fear of Death, and is happy to die to if it means killing you.'" [58] Kihrin then attempts to buy Merit, but he's let slip his high desire to own him and Venaragi suggests a high price of 5000 thrones. Kihrin then asks about Merit's cell mate ( Star), and Venaragi states a price of 500 thrones. Curious Kihrin asks the slave, Star, why he's there (which Kihrin knows he's breaking etiquette to directly ask), and the slave responds he's a horse thief, who has escaped twice. Pretending to be outraged Kihrin accuses Venaragi of attempts to cheat him and demands Venaragi sell him the horse thief for 1000 thrones and throw in Merit for free. Venaragi, scared of the threat of Humthra, agrees. SO I SEE. AND YOU HARE HERE READY TO SACRIFICE YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER, WHOSE DEATH WILL NOT BE MUCH SACRIFICE.***

Only one surprised me, but there is good reason for that. In the end, we discover that we never really knew this person. Almost everything we thought we knew was a facade. you're sweet, and you're beautiful, and you stood up to those men...why do my motives have to be any more sinister than that?' Shit.' Merit said. 'You're friendly looking enough for me. Faris said you'd sold yourself to some noble fop as a play toy, but I didn't believe it! But look at you...' Kihrin D’Mon: As the main protagonist, Kihrin travels extensively across the Tyga continent, where he experiences many trials and tribulations. The young thief and musician discovers that he’s a long-lost child of the royal house after observing a dark ritual performed by a prince at a mansion. His physical features resemble the Quuros tribe, whose emperor he later kills. Kihrin is the main character in the second book of the “Chorus of Dragons” series, called “The Name of All Things.” Throughout the story, Kihrin exhibits an aggressive and dark broody streak inherited from his D’Mon lineage. No, my body may not have been worth much, but in Kishna-Farriga the going price for a man’s soul is ten thousand ords.

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I started to remember right around puberty. All of it. Not just my last past life either. I also remember being in the Land of Peace.' Teraeth gave me a sideways glance. 'It's nice.' ... There are so many turns, so many twists, it kept me guessing almost the whole way through. By its very nature (narrated by a survivor after the fact), certain things were predictable. But that didn't detract from the story nearly as much as I thought it would. Definitely not as much as it typically does with this type of story. Tall, aren't you?' Thurvishar said in lieu of more formal greeting. 'Call me Thurvishar. Lord Heir's my father's name.' He smiled as if daring either of the D'Mon's to commit the faux pas of mentioning his treasonous father, Gadrith the Twisted. The character development is phenomenal. Every act, as far as I could tell, was 100% in keeping with each character's personality and motives. Bythe end of the book, even though we spend so much of the book in only one character's head, I felt like I knew most of the major characters very well.

I was hoping he'd end up in the mines,' Kihrin said, as close as he'd ever come to admitting he framed another Shadowdancer. Don't make me come find you. There isn't any place in the City where you can hide. I know all the safe houses. Nobody wants me to come gate-crashing with soldiers.'... Kihrin grew up in the slums of Quur, a thief and a minstrel's son raised on tales of long-lost princes and magnificent quests. When he is claimed against his will as the missing son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds himself at the mercy of his new family's ruthless power plays and political ambitions. The bid is twenty thousand. Do I hear twenty-five thousand?” The auctioneer wasn’t paying attention anymore: he thought the sale all but over. He’d done well to fetch twenty thousand. That price exceeded his expectations. Galen tries to comfort Kihrin that it isn't all bad, and when Kihrin states Darzin as being Galen's father, Galen asserts he can prove Darzin is Kihrin's father. Galen takes Kihrin down a small servant passage to a secret room. The room has a small door but contains a lifesize gold plated statue of Thaena. Kihrin admires this first, wondering how it was gotten into the room as it couldn't have come the way they did. Galen calls him away to a portrait of Pedron D'Mon who looks nearly exactly like Kihrin with golden hair and blue eyes. It causes Kihrin to be saddened though. Galen then talks through the D'Mon lineage, that Pedron was the son of a vane slave, along with Tishar and that Therin's father was Pedron's half brother (by another mother). Kihrin then finds a small carving under Pedron's name (SPOILER: It is a prophecy Pedron believed he fulfilled), part of which states the sons will not know their fathers, which Kihrin interprets to mean Therin wasn't Pedron's nephew, but his son. (SPOILER: Though it is debatable if this prophecy references Pedron or someone else, this is the correct family tree.) He continues to connect this by pointing out his hair and eyes had to have come from Pedron's mother, a vane.You have blue eyes...' Darzin whispered softly, staring at Kihrin as if to memorize him. A look of dawning comprehension stole over him. Darzin smiled then, cruelly, and ran his tongue over his lips. 'And here I didn't think Taja liked me.'



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