As a Vestrit is always required to be on board the Vivacia, Kyle ordered his oldest son, Wintrow, to join the crew. Not only did she lose her dear father, but she was also made to give up her place on board the Vivacia, despite being crucial to her quickening and her biggest dream being to one day become her captain.Įphron had wanted to pass the command of the Vivacia to Brashen, a boy in the ship’s crew, but, when he was taken ill, his wife, Ronica, and his oldest daughter, Keffria, convinced him to name his son-in-law, Kyle, as the captain. This was a difficult moment for Althea, his younger daughter. She quickened and the figurehead wakened after Ephron Vestrit died on her deck. The Vestrits have a liveship called Vivacia. They have a special bond with the members of the family that bought them from the families that live in the Rain Wilds, the only place where wizardwood can be found. When that happens, their figureheads become alive, being able to talk and experience emotions. They are made of wizardwood and quicken when three family members from successive generations die on their decks. The old Bingtown Traders own liveships, the only type of vessels that can sail the Rain Wild River.
In order to know if he would be successful, he went to Treasure Island to offer valuable objects to the Others, a species with magical powers, in exchange for an answer. He would then offer safe use of the Inside Passage up to the coast of Bingtown and Chalced to the merchants and traders, but for a fee of course. He aspired to unite and be king of the Pirate Isles.
For that reason, he kept it a secret that he owned a charm, a carved face of wizardwood, to avoid being subject to enchantments. He had legendary good luck, and no one could have any doubts about it. Kennit is the captain of one of many pirate ships. How did liveships truly come about? Why are serpents following some ships and attacking their crews? Throughout the book, various exciting and fleshed out characters seem to be put in the right place for a couple of questions to be answered in the rest of the series. Told from different perspectives, Ship of Magic introduces readers to a world where the figureheads of ships can become alive. That is not the case of the first book in The Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb, though. Ships and pirates don’t usually play a significant part in the fantasy genre.
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