Mystery of Gwendolen

Hello my thrilled and quizative readers! As you know I have finished reading The Fire Within by Chris D'Lacey and am now midway through IceFire by Mr. D'Lacey also. This sequel leaves off a couple of months after the ending of the first. Characters are the same, except for two changes. Sophie, David's girlfriend, is now in Africa, while Zanna-a gothic with a nice figure- seems to be taking her spot. More on that later...

Now, for the point of my post, in the first book, we learned about the legend of Gawain and Guinevere. We know that when Gawain died, Guinevere was there to catch his fire tear and protect it. Now, in the second book we find out more of that legend. Mr. D'Lacey brings forth Gwilanna in the sequel. Here, she goes by the title of Aunty Gwyneth. Any way, we learn that Guinevere went to Gwilanna for aid in protecting the Fire Tear where a deal was made. Guinevere would receive a daughter made from clay, hair, and scales in exchange for the tear of Gawain. However, Guinevere changes her mind at the last second and fleas to the mountains where instead, she gets help from polar bears in protecting the tear. It is said that the island Guinevere was residing in sank to the bottom of the arctic taking her and the tear with it. Days later, the bears came forth and declared that they were the protectors of the tear now.

All very thrilling huh?!?! My question comes in now though. If Guinevere was suppose to gain a daughter in exchange for the tear, but never gave up the tear, then how are Liz and Lucy supposedly decedents of Gwendolen? I wonder how Liz and Lucy can manipulate clay to bring forth dragons if the tear was never given for power. Furthermore, what is the story behind Gwendolen? She clearly had some kind of connection to dragons and the tear, but she came after the death of Gawain and Guinevere. SOOOOOO, how can she have a connection to the power of dragons? I feel as though there is still some mystery left that will answer my question. Whether it's in this book or the next, I will find the answer!

                                                                                                                              ~TarzanTron

Lighting a fire on characters

Over break I finished reading the Fire Within by Chris D'Lacey, and it was phenomenal! One thing I did not do in my last post was discuss the characters in detail. This novel goes deeper into the story of each character and the connections each character has to the dragon's fire. Now, for many of the characters (if not all of them) there connection to the fire is unclear. However, Mr. D'Lacey included hints and leads throughout the novel. I'll most likely not hit them all, but the rest are for you to find!

First on my list is David Rain, the skeptic tenant and main protagonist in the novel. The biggest clue given by Mr. D’Lacey happens when Conkers and Snigger are in the garden, running away from Caracturus. During said event, David is in his room typing up his story. Every event that David writes actually occurs in real life. It was as if David was creating real life events with his mind. This happens many times through the story. David has some kind of special ability that lets him almost control how events occur. To what extent can he use this ability is unclear so far, but man is that cool!

Last on the list would be the Pennykettles. They are clearly not normal. Liz creates dragons with her special dragon Guinevere, while Lucy can speak with the “clay” dragons. It is completely clear that they have some sort of connection to the fire of Gawain, but what that connection is goes untold. At one point in the novel, David ponders the idea of Liz and Lucy being direct descendants of Guinevere – the female that first caught the fire tear of Gawain – as a way of explaining their dragon like habits.