Several years later, Gehn is appointed to the Guild of Book Makers and Ti'ana has second thoughts about him going, but Aitrus tells her it's the way of their world. Soon after, Veovis is convicted of murder (due to false evidence from A'Gaeris) and sentenced to a prison age.

Aitrus comes home to an empty house and panics, though the two are reunited after Veovis returns her unharmed. However, a messenger comes for Aitrus while he's gone and Ti'ana figures out that he is not at the Guild Hall and goes looking for him, heading to K'veer. However, soon Aitrus comes to Ti'ana with a mysterious note and she suggests he discard it, but after another one appears, he goes to visit A'Gaeris behind her back, telling her he'll be working at the Guild Hall.

It is around this time that Aitrus gives Anna her nickname 'Ti'ana', which means storyteller in D'ni and references her multitude of surface stories she constantly tells Aitrus. Their friendship Is eventually annulled after Aitrus proposes and marries Ti'ana, who eventually births Gehn (named after his paternal great-grandfather. Veovis uses this information to get his linking books confiscated, though Master Kedri later presents evidence that allows Ti'ana to link and learn The Art. Their friendship is tested when Veovis does not let Ti'ana link to Nidur Gemat for his Korfah V'ja ceremony and again when Aitrus mentions he is teaching her The Art. However, Aitrus' friendship with Ti'ana causes his friendship with Veovis to strain, due to Veovis' dislike of outsiders. She is sent to live with Aitrus and his family, who befriends her and promises to teach her more about the culture. After the death of her father, she decided to explore the cavern in the volcano one last time and accidentally stumbles into D'ni, where she is soon imprisoned.Īfter proving her intelligence to the D'ni council by speaking to them in D'ni, they allow her to live in D'ni, but she is forbidden from returning to the surface, as they still do not trust her fully. Īs a young girl, she assisted in the study of the volcano which stood atop the Great Shaft that led down to D'ni.

Her father used to say to her about The Whole image of things how looking at a problem from any angles, considering how the pieces are interrelated and coming up with answers.

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