Mythwalker

Mythwalker
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Mythwalker is the ninth novel Brandon ever wrote, and was cannibalized for elements of the Mistborn sequence, The Way of Kings, and Warbreaker, including the characters Vivenna and Siri, who became two of Warbreaker's main characters.Plantilla:Annotation ref Brandon claims it is the only book he has ever given up writing. All Brandon wrote of Mythwalker has been posted online at his blog.

Summary

Many centuries ago, an unknown peasant boy rose to prominence as a Hero against a villainous Dark One, the Demon King. After many trials, the Hero faced the Demon King in battle, and though the rules of the story suggested the Hero is sure to win, this time, something went very wrong.

In the present, the society is divided into three castes - the ruling Kkoloss, the peasant Eruntu and the Skaa. The Skaa are slaves, who were punished by the god Hess for siding with the Demon King and turned near-mindless. While the Skaa and the Eruntu toil on the dry, desolate mainland, the Kkoloss houses, led by Kings, compete with each other in military battles called Games for prestige and the favour of their ruler, the supernatural Emperor, on the verdant Holy Island, Shakall Hess.

Devin is an average Eruntu who seeks become a Guard of house Sserin, but to do so, he must come at least fourth in an annual race organized by the Guards. Each man can attempt the race three years in a row. The first two years, Devin fails, and is instead sent to work in the orchards his village is famous for. Over time, he comes to appreciate the work, and grows unwilling to join the Guard. However, though he fails his third race, the Kkoloss in charge decides to take all of the boys, him included. As it turns out, all villages have been drafted like this, and, in a further break from the tradition, they don't swear the Oath that would give them the Sserin Kkell power, superhuman strength.

On the Holy Island, Prince Vevinn Vas Kkeris, son of the Kkeris King, contemplates the his conflict with the Sserin. Despite Sserin being known as dangerous opponents, he has been winning for the past decade, which greatly worries him. However, before he can contemplate that, he's distracted by his beloved, free-spirited Siri, whose power makes others healthy as long as she touches them. Siri is a handmaid to Vvenna, her best friend, who's to marry the Emperor, the holy and elusive leader of the Kkoloss.

As soon as they reach the Holy Island, Devin's group is set out to march in secrecy. On their second day, they encounter a group of Skaa workers. The Sserin prince, Sarn, orders Devin to kill them and though he complies, his hesitance lands him in prison.

Devin's cellmates in prison are Skeer, a would-be revolutionary preaching for Eruntu to throw off the Kkoloss yoke, and Ix, a strange creature that makes a point of reasserting that he is, indeed, human, at every opportunity. The three of them witness the Sserin gathering and killing the entire house Kkeris, including Vevinn, in hopes of gaining their Kkell, Skill . However, it's Devin who suddenly finds himself able to learn new things in the blink of an eye. He picks the lock, frees the other slaves and fights the Sserin Guards, and his little group flees. Out in the woods, they splinter, until only seven remain - Devin, Seer, Ix and four imprisoned Guards - Hine, Voko, Ralan and Meeve. Skeer promises to lead them to the Eruntu Rebellion, which ends up blamed for the slaughter.

Devin's group joins the Rebellion, which is actually a group of bandits led by Quin. Quin dislikes the newcomers almost immediately, and eventually sends them to kill the Sserin King. Devin changes the plan to kidnapping Vvenna. They break into the capital and succeed, though not without a fight that Siri witnesses. She queries Devin about his reasons for killing the Kkeris, and learns that the Rebellion wasn't responsible, but before she can inquire further, he flees. Sarn arrives and takes her away.

Sarn kills his father, becoming the Sseris king, and decides to make Siri pretend that she's Vvenna. She's forced to agreed and marries the Emperor, then is led into his chambers. She spends the night bowing in the Emperor's bedchamber as he observes, but he makes no move to consummate their marriage. The next morning, Siri gets books to read to familiarize herself with what Vvenna would know.

Devin's group, now with Vvenna in tow, return to Quin's group. Quin and Devin confront each other and Devin kills Quin, then takes charge of the rebels. Over the next two weeks, he reequips them and begins sending out scouts. Voko is one of them, and informs him that Vvenna has been replaced.

Siri goes through a meeting with a group of archpriests. Most of them are only interested in her as a political tool; however, one has figured out she's not Vvenna. She decides she needs to learn better and sneaks a book into the bedroom, but to take it out and read it, she must remove her clothes, surprising the Emperor.

After a successful attack on a carriage, Devin receives a message from Sarn agreeing to a parlay. He and his group, accompanied by Vvenna, meet to figure out what to demand from him. They settle on asking that Sarn appeal to the Emperor to abolish the Games. However, the meeting goes poorly - Sarn betrays them from the start and tries to kill Vvenna. Though most rebels manage to escape, Hine dies, and Sarn figures out that Devin is the new Kkeris King.

Devin mourns Hine and declares that he intends to overthrow the entire church, including the Emperor. As his group considers their next actions, Ralan reveals that rather than an Eruntu with two powers, he's Kkoloss from house Ddoven who's been hiding out among the Sserin Guards. He promises that if the rebels can get to the mainland, he get find them allies among his kin.

Notes

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