Darask
Names: DaraskRiverside PalaceIsle of Darask
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 32 (12)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
- Ch 34A fortified island town on the Lower Rhône with a walled quay, watergate and a spired palace, surrounded by marsh.
- Ch 36Darask is a Tanu palace near the Mediterranean shore, reached by boat down the Rhône on the way to the Tanu capital.
Connections
- has memberHughie B. Kennedy VIImajor-domo of the palace
- led byCranovel
- inRiver Rhônedownriver near the Mediterranean
- led byEstella-Sironechatelaine
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 34Prisoners lodged at Darask
The travelers stop at the Riverside Palace, where Kennedy locks the prisoners in a tower chamber, and Elizabeth is summoned to help Creyn with the dangerous birth.
- Book 1 · Ch 34Birth of the twins
Elizabeth separates the antagonistic minds of Estella-Sirone's twins. A Tanu girl and a shape-changing Firvulag boy are born, and the nurse hands the boy to waiting Firvulag at the Watergate.
- Book 1 · Ch 34Firvulag illusion attack
At the Watergate, Elizabeth probes the Firvulag illusion and receives a mental attack that makes her imagine her hands burning; the Tanu nurse steadies her and warns of Firvulag illusions.
- Book 1 · Ch 36Stein's final healing
Guided by Sukey and Elizabeth, Stein relives the harvester accident that killed his mother and his father's anguished words, then accepts them and is freed of guilt, fear and anger.
- Book 1 · Ch 36Stein learns of the torc and Exile
Sukey explains the Tanu, torcs and the human situation; Stein learns his gray torc controls him and declares he will never serve the Tanu.
- Book 1 · Ch 36Stein and Sukey pledge themselves
Stein invites Sukey to look into his mind and finds love there; they seal a pledge and complete each other's healing.