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Warbreaker
Book 1 in Warbreaker · by Brandon Sanderson
How it opens
Siri is the youngest daughter of Dedelin, king of Idris, a highland kingdom where the people keep color out of sight. A treaty Dedelin wrote requires him to send a daughter to marry the God King of Hallandren, and his eldest, Vivenna, has prepared for it her whole life. Instead, Dedelin decides to send Siri in Vivenna's place. Siri travels south toward Hallandren in a carriage, while Vivenna, left behind in Idris, feels her purpose in life has been taken from her.
Who you meet early
- SiriSiri is the youngest of the Idrian king's four living children, a princess who treasures being unimportant at court for the freedom it gives her.
- VivennaThe eldest princess of Idris, whose entire life has been prepared for the treaty obligation to marry the God King of Hallandren, accepting her fate with composed resignation.
- DedelinDedelin is the King of Idris, a father bound by treaty to send a daughter to marry the God King of Hallandren.
- FafenFafen is the middle sister of the royal house of Idris, a monk who entered her order before age ten and now works picking berries to feed the poor.
- MabMab is the palace kitchen mistress in Idris.
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