The Last Herald-Mage - Part 1 - "Magic's Pawn" Quiz

Answer: He only teaches a single syle of fighting

Jervis teaches only a hack-and-bash style of fighting, which is completely unsuited to Vanyel's slight build. When Vanyel tries to teach himself a new style of fighting, Jervis catches him, claims that he was cheating, and breaks his arm in an unfair "fight".

Answer: Any of these

A candidate must have any two of the above traits to be accepted as a Bardic trainee. Unfortunately, Vanyel had neither creativity nor the Bardic Gift, so his dreams of becoming a Bard were dashed.

Answer: Send him off to a temple

Vanyel and Tylendel kept their relationship secret because Vanyel was still a minor and not Chosen: If Withen found out about it, he would likely have dragged Vanyel back to Forst Reach and sent him to a temple that could "purify" Vanyel. Until Vanyel turned eighteen his father would legally be allowed to do so.

Answer: Trying to teach Mardic and Donni concert-work

Mardic and Donni, though lifebonded, were having a lot of trouble meshing their magics. Of course, the two boys' "fight" wasn't real; it was a ploy that they had devised to keep the Court - and Withen - blind to their real relationship.

Answer: Tantras

Tantras, unlike the other three, was not a Herald-Mage, so he had no reason to come. After the three mages defeated the wyrsa, Lancir stayed with the frightened Leshara clan and Jaysen and Savil took Vanyel and Tylendel back through the Gate.

Answer: Jaysen

Herald Jaysen was born a rural community that held shay'a'chern at the same level as drug addicts; as a result, Jaysen was thinking about how Vanyel was to blame for Tylendel's death by tempting him and enabling his destruction. Vanyel, unshielded, picked up on these thoughts and decided that it was best for everyone if he killed himself.

Answer: Donni

Donni suggested that Vanyel should get out of Savil's suite, because there were so many painful memories associated with the place. Savil, building on that, decided to take the boy to her old friends Starwind and Moondance in the hope they could Heal him and teach him some control of his wild Gifts.

Answer: Pneumonia

Although he came close several times, Vanyel didn't catch a severe case of pneumonia during his ordeal. By the time Savil brought him to the Tayledras Adepts, Vanyel was mostly recovered from blood loss from his suicide attempt, and Starwind and Moondance could Heal his raw channels and teach him rudimentary shielding.

However, Vanyel would have to deal with his broken lifebond for twenty years, until he meets Stefen.

Answer: Wind to thy wings

The exchange is a standard greeting among the clans. Savil and her proteges also use it, a result of Savil's years in k'Sheyna.

Answer: Garthhold

Vanyel heard a call for help after running away from k'Sheyna. He found villagers being terrorized by the monster, and used his own power to destroy in, not knowing that it was possible to tap into nodes and ley-lines. It was after this ordeal that Vanyel realized what Tylendel had meant when he was trying to explain the "hunger" that Herald had to help other people.