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tional role of liege man. Aided by Cheysuli magic
and his own brand of personal power, Carillon is
able to win back his realm and restore the Cheysuli
to their homeland by ending the purge begun by his
uncle, Shaine, Alix's grandfather. He marries Bellam's
daughter to seal peace between the lands, but Electra
has already cast her lot with Tynstar the Ihlini, and
works against her Homanan husband. Carillon's fail-
ure to father a son forces him to betroth his only
daughter, Aislinn, to Donal, Alix's son, whom he
names Prince of Homana. This public approbation
of a Cheysuli warrior is the first step in restoring the
Lion Throne to the sovereignty of the Cheysuli, re-
quired by the prophecy, and sows the seeds of civil
unrest.
Legacy of the Sword focuses on Donal's slow assump-
tion of power within Homana, and his personal as-
sumption of his role in the prophecy. Because by
clan custom a warrior is free to take both wife and
mistress, Donal has started a Cheysuli family even
though he will one day have to marry Carillon's
daughter to cement his right to the Lion Throne. By
his Cheysuli mistress he has two children, Ian and
Isolde; by Aislinn, Carillon's daughter, he eventually
sires a son who will become his heir. But the mar-
riage is rocky immediately; in addition to the prob-
lems caused by a second family, Donal's Homanan
wife is also under the magical influence of her mother,
Electra, who is mistress to Tynstar. Problems are
compounded by the son of Tynstar and Electra,
Strahan, who has his father's powers in full measure.
On Carillon's death Donal inherits the Lion, naming
his legitimate son, Niall, to succeed him. But to fur-
ther the prophecy he marries his sister, Bronwyn, to
Alaric of Atvia, lord of an island kingdom. Bronwyn
is later killed by Alaric accidentally while in lir-shape,
but lives long enough to give birth to a daughter,
Gisella, who is mad.
In Track of the White Wolf, Donal's son Niall is a
young man caught between two worlds. To the
Homanans, fearful of Cheysuli power and inten-
tions, he is worthy only of distrust, the focus of their
discontent. To the Cheysuli he is an "unblessed"
man, because even though far past the age for it,
Niall has not linked with his animal. He is therefore
a lirless man, a warrior with no power, and such a
man has no place within the clans. His Cheysuli half-
brother is his liege man, fully "blessed," and lan's
abilities serve to add to Niall's feelings of inferiority.
Niall is meant to marry his half-Atvian cousin,