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A multiple-choice quiz by vanyel. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
vanyel

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
57,879

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
1120

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which of the Ashkevron cousins supplies the first line of 'Magic's Pawn'? Hint

Radevel

Mekeal

Joserlin

Merthin

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Question 2 of 15

2. There is only one place on the palace complex where the death bell cannot be heard tolling. Where? Hint

The Work Room

The Throne Room

The Bardic Collegium

The Temple

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Question 3 of 15

3. Lackey only ever mentions one 'past lover' of Savil's. He is... Hint

Bard Chadran

Herald Jaysen

Healer Andrel

Herald Lancir

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Question 4 of 15

4. Tylendel's short-lived reluctance to pair with Vanyel was stemmed from a previous affair with a boy who was far less interested a serious relationship. Who was he? Hint

Nedric

Liers

Nevis

Erek

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Question 5 of 15

5. Elspeth, the reigning queen during Vanyel's early years was one of four nicknamed 'Elspeth's' in Valdemaran history. Which one is she? Hint

Elspeth the Peacemaker

Elspeth the Wise

Elspeth Clever-Handed

Elspeth the First Herald Mage

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Question 6 of 15

6. To avenge the death of his brother, Staven, Tylendel called the magical Wyrsa to the scene of a Leshara family festival. How many of the beasts did he let loose on the crowd? Hint

five

seven

four

nine

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Question 7 of 15

7. After Tylendel commits suicide, Yfandes finds Vanyel and chooses him. Who alerts Savil that the boy had been found? Hint

Donni

Andrel

Jaysen

Mardic

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Question 8 of 15

8. Savil's wingsister Talisman requires what to activate it? Hint

Only a truly desperate situation

Node-Energy

Three drops of her blood

A simple Tayledras Spell

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who speaks the lines that explain the name of the book, 'Magic's Pawn'? 'Pawn he is now - pawn he has been. . .'? Hint

Starwind

Yfandes

Savil

Moondance

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Question 10 of 15

10. Leareth is a Tayledras word meaning _______ ? Hint

Hopelessness

Death

Darkness

Destruction

11. To teach Vanyel control of his powers, Starwind puts him through several trials. The last trial that they get to involves Vanyel calling down lightning. To force Vanyel to take the offensive, Starwind projects an image that causes Vanyel to panic. What image did Starwind project to him? Hint

His father, dead

Evan Leshara

Mardic flying against the wall

Wrysa

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Question 12 of 15

12. Vanyel's mage gift is so strong that Moondance is shocked when he learns that Van even senses magic from what? Hint

Rocks

Vegetation

People without the mage-gift

Animals

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Question 13 of 15

13. Gallen is the Headman of what community? Hint

Covia

Lineas

Garthold

Horn

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Question 14 of 15

14. When Vanyel defeats the queen Colddrake, from where does he get the mage-energy? Hint

The people around him

The valley-node

His own reserves

Two nearby nodes

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Question 15 of 15

15. Vanyel receives his whites at what age? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the Ashkevron cousins supplies the first line of 'Magic's Pawn'?

Answer: Radevel

Radevel comments that Vanyel's grandfather (Joserlin) 'was crazy'. It is later revealed that Joserlin is the same relation to Radevel that he is to Vanyel. The other answers: Mekeal Ashkevron - Vanyel's younger brother Joserlin - Vanyel's grandfather, there is also a boy named Joserlin Corveau staying at Forst Reach.

He is not a relation Merthin - Minor Ashkevron cousin mentioned once in context

2. There is only one place on the palace complex where the death bell cannot be heard tolling. Where?

Answer: The Work Room

The Work room is so heavily shielded, magically and physically that it is completely soundproof. The death bell cannot be heard through its walls.

3. Lackey only ever mentions one 'past lover' of Savil's. He is...

Answer: Healer Andrel

Herald Savil and Healer Andrel have no difficulty engaging in a healing meld because of their past relations. The other answers Herald Jaysen is a close friend of Savil's Herald Lancir is the Queen's Own Herald Bard Chadran is Vanyel's Literature teacher

4. Tylendel's short-lived reluctance to pair with Vanyel was stemmed from a previous affair with a boy who was far less interested a serious relationship. Who was he?

Answer: Nevis

Nevis claimed that Tylendel had seduced him. After the affair his mother called him home from court.

5. Elspeth, the reigning queen during Vanyel's early years was one of four nicknamed 'Elspeth's' in Valdemaran history. Which one is she?

Answer: Elspeth the Peacemaker

Elspeth (Of Vanyel's time) reluctantly entered into an alliance marriage with Iftel, dubbing her 'The Peacemaker'. Elspeth Clever-Handed and Elspeth the Wise are mentioned by Talia in Arrow's of the Queen while lecturing 'the brat' , heir-presumptive Elspeth, later renouncing the throne but becoming the first Herald-Mage since Vanyel.

6. To avenge the death of his brother, Staven, Tylendel called the magical Wyrsa to the scene of a Leshara family festival. How many of the beasts did he let loose on the crowd?

Answer: five

The five Wyrsa set on the Leshara by Tylendel end up killing his Companion, Gala, who repudiates him.

7. After Tylendel commits suicide, Yfandes finds Vanyel and chooses him. Who alerts Savil that the boy had been found?

Answer: Mardic

Mardic finds Savil in her rooms with Jaysen and announces that Yfandes had found, and chosen Vanyel.

8. Savil's wingsister Talisman requires what to activate it?

Answer: Three drops of her blood

Wingsister Savil may ask anything of the Tayledras, as they may ask anything of her (part of the binding that makes her wingsister). Her means of communicating this to them is through the talisman they gave her, she needs only three drops of her own blood to activate it.

9. Who speaks the lines that explain the name of the book, 'Magic's Pawn'? 'Pawn he is now - pawn he has been. . .'?

Answer: Moondance

' 'Pawn he is now - pawn he has been-' he said, his tone flat, his voice dropping half an octave. 'Pawn to what he is and what he wills not to be. But will or no, the pawn is in play - and the play is a trial-' -Moondance k'Treva

10. Leareth is a Tayledras word meaning _______ ?

Answer: Darkness

Leareth, or Darkness, is the mage that Vanyel has foresight dreams about. He faces Leareth at the end of 'Magic's Price' and calls final strike on him. Leareth is the fabled Ma'ar, from the Mage Wars, and eventually lives again as Falconsbane, who is defeated by Elspeth in 'Winds of Fury'.

Answer: Wrysa

Although Starwind does show Vanyel pictures of his father, dead, and the scene where Mardic is flung against the wall, a vision of the wrysa is what causes Vanyel to panic.

12. Vanyel's mage gift is so strong that Moondance is shocked when he learns that Van even senses magic from what?

Answer: Rocks

Vanyel can sense magic even in rocks. Moondance exclaims that even he has difficulty doing this.

13. Gallen is the Headman of what community?

Answer: Covia

Gallen is the Headman of the town of Covia, where Vanyel faces Krebain.

14. When Vanyel defeats the queen Colddrake, from where does he get the mage-energy?

Answer: His own reserves

Van doesn't know that he can use node-energy before Moondance tells him. He uses his own reserves to fight the colddrake.

15. Vanyel receives his whites at what age?

Answer: 16

Vanyel receives his whites at the end of Magic's Pawn, he is 16 years old at the time.

Source: Author vanyel

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