Portal Generation - When Nehemia passed away, Aelin strived to see her friend again, and so she created a portal via a dome of wyrdmarks from her blood, near Elena's Tomb. Among the khaganate’s ships, Chaol gets word that Morath marches on Anielle. Much as he doesn’t want to see his father, he can’t let his home be destroyed. In Queen of Shadows, she dyed her hair red for a while as a cover to become less recognizable, and fortunately, it worked. Nesryn admitted she would have found Aelin earlier if her hair appeared golden. Afterwards, Yrene uses her healing to remove Valg from their hosts. Aelin reveals that she has sent letters to Maeve's army exposing her as Valg and asking them to join her.

I’m glad she didn’t marry Dorian. I don’t think either of them are done baking yet, to mix in a Buffy metaphor. As allies, and, yes, lovers, they’re going to grow to be incredible. But they don’t need to get married.) Unimportant Mysteries

vinsentient on It’s No Fun To Be Alone: Communicating With Cryptids in The Shape of Water 25 mins ago Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas’s #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an epic, unforgettable conclusion. Aelin Galathynius’s journey from slave to king’s assassin to the queen of a once-great kingdom reaches its heart-rending finale as war erupts across her world. . . She believed and tried to convince herself that her favorite color was blue, but Aelin admitted it was red as time passed. When Aelin passes through worlds, she sees two Fae—a winged male and a very pregnant female. The male lifts his hand and sends a gust of magic to slow her down. This is Rhysand and Feyre from A Court of Thorns and Roses. In the same scene, she passes a world with a city built along the curve of a river with incredibly tall buildings. This is Lunathion, also known as Crescent City, from the series by the same name.

You are my people. Whether my grandmother decrees it or not, you are my people, and always will be. But I will fly against you, if need be, to ensure that there is a future for those who cannot fight for it themselves. Too long have we preyed on the weak, relished doing so. It is time that we became better than our foremothers. Aelin meets with Arobynn's inner circle of assassins late at night. Arobynn announces that Gregori's mission has failed, resulting in his capture and incarceration in the castle dungeons. Aelin suggests that the assassins poison him before he leaks any information to the authorities, as per protocol, but Sam expresses horror to this proposal. She then inquires about Ben, as she has noticed that he is not present, and Arobynn reveals that Ben was killed during the mission. Outraged, Aelin demands why the others did not retrieve his body. Sam replies that there were too many guards and that the retrieval could potentially lead the guards to the Assassins' Keep. Furious, Aelin stalks out of the room, vowing to recover her friend's body. Aelin feels things both strongly and deeply. While she is often teasing, witty, and carefree when she is happy, Aelin's most immediate reaction when angry or sad is to channel her darker emotions into a barely-contained rage or killing calm. This gets her into trouble more often than not, such as when she is captured due to her rash actions and desire for vengeance after the murder of Sam Cortland. Manon is an extremely beautiful witch with alabaster skin, long, moon-white hair, and eyes the color of burnt gold. She has the distinct traits for the Ironteeth—a set of retractable iron fangs and nails. After meeting her, both Dorian and Aelin say she is the most beautiful woman they have ever seen. The ornate ruby brooch that Aelin includes in her money pouch to Yrene was gifted to her by Arobynn Hamel for her sixteenth birthday. [5]

She was able to manifest flame at an early age, although she had little to no control over it - as shown when she accidentally burnt a part of Orynth's Grand Library.

In the east, Rowan, Lorcan, Fenrys, and Elide hunt for Aelin, wringing news about Maeve from her Fae commanders. Elide is still furious at Lorcan, but eventually he clears something up for her: he wasn’t crawling for Maeve at the end of Empire of Storms. He was crawling to Aelin. This will let you keep Chaol’s story cohesively together, as well as make sure you aren’t begrudging the cliffhanger at the end of Empire of Storms. Days, months, years—they bled together, as her own blood often slithered over the stone floor and into the river itself.Secondary Animal Form: Due to her Fae heritage, Aelin is able to shift between two different forms. Her first form is her Fae form, and her secondary form is her human body, which acts as her animal form. The gods did not care who paid the debt. So she knew they would not come for her, save her. So she did not bother praying to them. She did not feel the warm hand of the goddess who had blessed and damned her with such terrible power. She wondered if that goddess of light and flame even cared that she now lay trapped within the iron box—or if the immortal had transferred her attentions to another. To the king who might offer himself in her stead and in yielding his life, spare their world. But Maas changed that last complaint of mine by the end of Tower. And she finally humanized Aelin in Kingdom. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Maas for giving Aelin vulnerabilities and for forcing her to trust and rely on her friends. I finally liked the main character again! Her friends were loyal and true, yet not blindly so. I loved when they voted against her at one point and that teamwork was required as they battled Erawan and Maeve. This turns out to be just as well, because all that power is needed to stop the flood that rushes from the destroyed dam. Aelin’s choice turns out to be right, and it’s almost too tidy, the way her reluctance turns out to be the right move. But it also makes for one hell of a scene: the fire-breathing bitch queen, turning a flood to steam.