Alya

* Alya and Cow
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### Books

Spellmonger, Magelord, High Mage, Journeymage, Enchanter, Court Wizard, Necromancer, Thaumaturge

### Short Stories

The River Mists of Talry, Spellmonger's Wedding, The Spellmonger's Honeymoon, The Secret of Westwood Hall, The Spellmonger's Yule

## Personality and Characteristics

Prior to the end of *Enchanter* Alya is still very much a peasant woman, but one that is use to being in charge. She is slightly befuddled over her raise in station because of Minalan. first with Pentandra's help then with Lady Estret she becomes more comfortable as the Lady of Sevendor.

Due to her interest in all of the people of Sevendor she is beloved and held in great respect by everyone in the domain.

After Enchanter it takes a few books before she starts to regain her memories.

## Early Years

Alya grew up on a dairy farm "Hawk's Reach" in Boval. As she grew up she took over running the dairy and supervising the making of cheese.

She had been married for a short time prior to meeting Minalan in *Spellmonger* . Her first husband died and there were no children.

## Summary by Book

There is no short stories or books that are told from her POV. But through the eyes of Minalan she becomes an interesting and full realized part of the series. She is his motivation through out most of the series and plays a pivotal role in many events.

### Spellmonger

Alya met Minalan as she and her brother-in-law Sagal are being attacked by Gurvani near their farm. In exchange for Minalan saving them and healing Sagal‘s wounds she agreed to go on a walk with Minalan which was the start of their romance. Their relationship continued and during The Siege of Boval Vale she revealed to Minalan she was pregnant with his child.

### The River Mists of Talry

Alya contends with Minalan's mother and sisters, while hiding from the Censorate.

### The Spellmonger's Wedding

It's Alya's big day, but the the Censorate show up and disrupt everything. After the wedding and before the celebrations Alya finds out that she is now "Lady Alya", married to her recently ennobled husband, soon to be Magelord and Lady of Sevendor.

### The Spellmonger's Honeymoon

Alya and Minalan are waylaid from their Honeymoon to meet Lilastien a very old Alka Alon Sorceress. Events happen and an Enshadowed interrupts their meeting, resulting in Alya stabbing him in the back. Lilastien has to wipe their memories of her and the encounter, ensuring that no word gets back to the rest of the Enshadowed. But before she wipes their memory, Alya and Minalan write down all of the events that happened and wrapped their notes around the 5 year bottle of mead.

### Magelord

Alya is contending with the being the Lady of the Castle and with no real guidance on what she should or shouldn't do. Minalyan is born and her home is transformed into Snowstone.

Alya takes charge during the war with West Fleria since Minalan is away from the domain when Sire Gimbal besieged them.

*See also: The Siege of Sevendor*

She also takes charge of the wedding preparations for Sir Cei and Lady Estret.

### High Mage

During High Mage Alya starts to learn her duties as Lady of the Castle from Lady Estret, but she also reaffirms her thoughts about needlework, so is very grateful with Minalan hires Lady Estret to be in charge of all of the things that Alya doesn't want to do. Almina is born without any complications or strange effects.

### Journeymage

While Minalan is off escorting the children through the Alshar Wilderlands and building Pell Towers, Alya is running Sevendor and is overseeing the building a new Hall for her family and another one for guests.

### Enchanter

At the Woodland Masque in Alshar, Pentandra realizes that Alya has had a very strong psychomantic spell (Blue Magic) placed on her.

With Ishi's help Minalan figures out that it was cast by Isily to ensure that Alya was disengaged and complacent. Ishi ensures that it will be removed, thus causing a smaller version of *Ishi's Night* in Sevendor.

Lady Mask attempts to attack Alya and the children while they are sleeping, but Daisy, their Tal Alon servant woke up and foiled the attack by calling all of the other other Tal Alon's to help protect them.

When Minalan confessed to Alya about his affair, then subsequent rape by Isily; Alya wasted no time in taking action. She learned that Isily had not only violated Min, but conspired with the Enshadowed and Lady Mask, to commit treason against the Kingdom. Alya does not shy from using her full authority as Baroness of Sevendor, she summoned many of the High Magi to assist her in the retrieval of Isily and Dunselen’s witchstones.

### The Spellmonger's Yule

Minalan takes Alya to Lilastien to see if the Alka Alon that studied humani medicine can help her. She make small advancements.

### Necromancer

After Minalan creates the Magolith and attaches the enneagram of the Hand Maiden to it, he turns it over to Lilastien to use in Alya's treatments. Slowly the treatments start to work and Alya begins to improve, but it is a slow process.

Alya makes a few visits to Sevendor before she decides that it is time for her to stay in Sevendor. Everyone welcomes her back but are dismayed that she isn't her old self.

### Thaumaturge

Alya is now in her native Wilderlands even though the Magelaw isn't her beloved Boval Vale many of the sights and smells are what she grew up with. She goes through several stages of confusion as she improves.

While attending Anguin's and Rardine's wedding they are attacked by Draugen and Minalan stashes her behind the statue of "Maiden of the Havens”. When he returns to retrieve her she asks him about the creatures shown on the statue.

Later When Alya and Minalan visit the site for Spellgarden, she brings up the subject of the Vundel and Minalan explains to her about how the Vundel are the true

> *“They’re harvesters,” she said, a statement not a question.  “The . . . leviathans.”*
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While discussing their future home Alya asks him for a water feature and for a dairy. Then she tells Minalan that she wants to have another baby.

### Arcanist

Alya is building her Dairy at Spellgarden, it is the best Dairy that Minalan and ----- can make it. As a result, Bova appears in their bed chamber one night and Blesses Alya.

The next morning, Alya finds …

Later, Minalan and Rudy notice that Alya seems more settled and more starting to become more like herself.

At the end of the book Alya announces that she would be traveling with Minalan on his Summer trip to Anghysbel.

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Enchanter: Book Seven Of The Spellmonger Series . Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Enchanter: Book Seven Of The Spellmonger Series. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Thaumaturge: Book Eleven of the Spellmonger Series, Chapter 16. Kindle Edition.
4. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Arcanist: Book Twelve of the Spellmonger Series (pp. 249-250). Kindle Edition.