I hope both of their reactions haven’t been to surprising in this. In particular, this has been building for quite some time with Kelgar.

I would totally fall into Kelgar’s arms too!

While Pol has been shoving her in Arran’s direction, what she has really been re-iterating is that Illewen needs to remarry, particularly for the sake of her daughter, Matilda. She doesn’t know about Arran and Igrayne, she hasn’t been exactly paying attention to anything right now and Pol, though shrewd enough to pick up on it would certainly not be alerting Illewen to the fact. I think she would be kind enough to pave the way had she known though, she does seem like a kind person. I am looking forward to writing from her POV and getting to know her a bit better.

I feel so bad for her in all the pictures actually, but particularly the last two. It must have sucked having the prospect of remarrying so early after the death of your husband but it was very common back in the day.

Van is right, I think the last picture was no accident. She looks not at all excited or happy about this. But she must be thinking that it’s the best thing for her daughter… and herself… and it must be REALLY tempting to just fall into some strong man’s arms and let herself be taken care of again. (And I would totally fall into Kelgar’s arms in her place.)

Obviously Pol has been shoving her at Arran… is it possible she’s doing this because she doesn’t like Arran and/or because she knows about Arran and Igrayne and wants to leave the way open for them? We don’t know much about her, but she seems kind enough to do it.

I don’t know what to say. Sometimes things don’t always work out in the most poetically right way.

Illewen looks so frightened and just “Oh my God” in that last picture. Poor girl How old is she? She’s not on the Character Ages list.

Thanks for posting this, btw. I’m heading off to the Land of No Internet at noon today for the weekend, and I’ve now had my dose of Mhalwae