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Ismae is a archetypal her. What is a archetypal you mye ask. An archetypal hero is someone that follows the 12 step of the hero’s journey (and the 8 element of hero’s characteristics). Now that you know what an archetypal hero is, I can show you why Ismae is one.

The first step in Ismae 12 steps is the ordinary world. On page 1 and 2 Ismae is being sold to Gruillo to be his wife.” I risk a glance up at my husband-to-be, Guillo, and wonder if my father has told him of my lineage. I am guessing not, for who would pay three silver coins for what I am ?” Ismae. After she is sold her husband Gruillo finds out that she is the daughter of death( page 5). He freaks out and puts her in a food storage room (page number here). Then the priest takes her to a the convent (page 6 and 7). Which represents the call to adventure because that's when she is brought to the place where she learns everything. The convent is a place where all the daughters of death live together and learn how to fight, kill, and make poisons. After Ismae grows up the refusal of the call happens. Ismae meets Duval. Duval is son to a very important lady that has a big part in the court)and the abbess gives her the quest to go with Duval (page
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Her reward is saving Duval. Since Ismae is immune to poison because she's the daughter of death (page 5), she learns that she can draw the poison from Duvals body (page 530-531) in which save his life.“When I open my eyes, I see his skin is no longer has the grey palor that heralds death” Ismae. For road back it's that Ismae is riding back to save Duvals life. For resurrection Ismae don't actually die in the book. But for resurrection you don't have to die. It can be representative has a spiritual awakening. For Ismae it's when she realizes that the covent doesn’t own her. She doesn’t have to follow them. Finally the return with the elixir was Ismae using her gift to train the poison from

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