No, they do not take it easy on anyone because once you join up then your old life is supposed to be put behind you. Imagine being a child of ten and the center of your world, your mother, dies then your father hands you over to a religious warrior order, the Sixth Order, without explanation. Going from a wealthy lifestyle to that of a lowly recruit in a warrior caste system.
As son of the former Battlelord in Unified Realm (I guess you could equate that to like Chief General) he of course comes with some expectations and ability. There’s not always a black and white decision to be had. Vaelin is very human, but weighs his options and makes the best decision he feels that he can. Even the historian changes his attitude a bit as we go on as well. You will check in with the present from time to time as his story unfolds. I mean why not? It’s an interesting start that I personally enjoy. It’s clear his captors view him as a barbaric invader, but still wish to record the life story of this notorious figure. A historian records the story of his life. He’s on his way to a duel to the death he is expected to lose. What is mind blowing is you actually begin with Vaelin near the end of the book, his title is “Hope Killer”, a prisoner of a foreign land. Now all of that doesn’t really do the book justice, but it’s a good start. A future that will alter not only the Realm but the world.” But one truth overpowers all the rest: Vaelin Al Sorna is destined for a future he has yet to comprehend. Even his cherished memories of his mother are soon challenged by what he learns within the Order.
Vaelin’s father was Battle Lord to King Janus, ruler of the Unified Realm-and Vaelin’s rage at being deprived of his birthright knows no bounds. The synopsis of the book is “Vaelin Al Sorna was only a child of ten when his father left him at the iron gate of the Sixth Order to be trained and hardened to the austere, celibate and dangerous life of a warrior of the Faith.
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