Overview[]
A young Herald-Trainee is worried that she can't be nice and even-tempered to everyone all the time as a Herald should. Everyone, including her Companion, just tells her not to worry about it. But late one night she meets an elderly cleaner at the Collegium who really listens.
Characters[]
- Aellele Calot - a young Herald-Trainee
- Kailyon - a long-time employee at the Collegium
Minor characters[]
- Tases - Aellele's Companion
- Helorin
- Tavis - a trainee who had to do Aellele's chores one morning
Referenced characters[]
Places[]
Referenced places[]
- Sweet Grass Valley - Aellele's home
- Terilee River
- North Trade Road
- Valdemar
- Karse
- Hardorn
- Rethwellan
- Iftel
- Jaysong Hills - Aellele has to recopy her paper about this
Chronology[]
In Queen Selenay's time, after Magic returned to Valdemar. Gaytha has either retired or has subordinates who supervise the Trainees doing chores.