The Choice Makes the Chosen

Passages

Sub-series

12

Chronological Order
Preceded by	Followed by
"The Maralud Comes A-Knocking"	"The Ghost of the High Hills"

"The Choice Makes the Chosen" is a story in the Wil and Lelia Miniseries by Stephanie Shaver.

Herald Wil returns to Haven and tries to find the poison that stripped him of his Gifts.

Characters appearing or mentioned in this story.

Ivy - Wil and Lelia's small daughter
Bard Amelie - Lelia's last protege
Companion Aubryn - unpartnered Companion who babysat for Ivy as they traveled with Wil. Aubryn can project Mindspeech
Companion Vehs - Wil's Companion
Talia - Queen's Own Herald who experienced Gift loss due to Goatsfoot^[1]
Theng - large male thug, known along with his sister Tharg as the Twins
Tharg - large female thug, known along with her brother Theng as the Twins
Langfirch - Wil's father

Bard Lelia - Ivy's mother, deceased
Maresa - Lelia's friend
Lady Androa Baireschild aka Madra - Mindhealer and leader of an uprising
Lord Dark
Jemmie - Talia's son (unnamed)
Yelyza - talented Botanist tasked by the Healers Circle to investigate poisons like Goatsfoot
Carris - Bard, one of Madra's conspirators
Letti - landlady
Herald Lyle - Lelia's twin brother
Drusillia - Grier's wife
Queen Selenay (unnamed)
Cyril
Princess Elspeth
Companion Rolan - Queen's Own Herald's Companion

Haven, capital of Valdemar
Herald's Wing - quarters for Heralds, attached to the Palace in the Palace Complex in Haven
Little Pudding Lane - a run-down neighborhood of tenements and taverns
Companion's Field, Palace Complex
Rusty Nail Tavern, Haven
Terilee River

1405 AF Toward the end of the story, Herald-Mage Princess Elspeth has just shown up in Forst Reach.^[2]