Rialle

Rialle is a fictional character in the fantasy novel trilogy The Echorium Sequence by Katherine Roberts and features in all three novels in the trilogy. In Song Quest, Rialle was a young novice singer in the final years of The Echorium whereas in Crystal Mask; the story carries on 20 years later, Rialle lives her life as a partial Singer and mostly works and spends most of her times in the caves surrounding The Echorium on the Isle of Echoes. In Dark Quetzal, Rialle also plays a major part in the storyline and build-up in the novel. She is the mother of Renn and once was the girlfriend of Frenn who later died in Crystal Mask.

Character introduction

At the start of the trilogy, Rialle is an intelligent student who is always top of her class; she receives a lot of jealousy from other classmates such as Kherron who always tries to better her during the first novel.

Carrying on into Crystal Mask, Rialle plays a passive and quiet path within The Echorium; residing in the caves surrounding the academy and not pledging a full life as a Singer; she prefers the company of the merlee as she considers them her friends. She is the only adult singer known to be able to speak to half-creatures; all adults lose this ability when they become full Singers.

Rialle is part of several stories within the plot such as her journey with Singer Toharo and her bond with Frenn in Song Quest. In Crystal Mask, Rialle plays a small part only appearing throughout the book a few times. In Dark Quetzal she is captured and tortured playing a major part in the novel.

See also

* The Echorium Sequence
* Isle of Echoes
* Katherine Roberts

External links

* [http://www.katherineroberts.com/ Katherine Roberts homepage]
* [http://www.knibb.org/roberts/novels.htm Direct link to Novels section on Katherine Roberts' homepage]