Difference between revisions of "Blushweaver"

Blushweaver, aware of the subtleties of politics, was very active in trying to defend Hallandren and their way of life. To this end, she had spies in Idris, seeded the crowds at Court Assemblies with people outspoken in support of war,{{book ref|wb|16}} and she lobbied the gods who had been assigned military responsibilities and therefore held the Command phrases for the Lifeless armies. She promised to vote however [[Hopefinder]] - one of the four Returned who held Command phrases - wished, and in exchange he gave her the security phrase to his portion of the army.{{book ref|wb|30}} Mercystar also agreed to give up her Lifeless troops thanks to Lightsong's unwitting help when he investigated the break-in at her palace.{{book ref|wb|30}} Though Blushweaver had a very warm relationship with Lightsong himself, he refused to give her his Lifeless commands; she also failed to convince [[Allmother]] to part with her pass phrase.{{book ref|wb|38}} Still, after spending her efforts on those four Returned she eventually held the Command phrases for half of the [[Lifeless]] army.{{book ref|wb|42}}