Her determination, skill at arms - particularly with a Yamani glaive, which is her weapon of choice - and inborn sense of justice gain her both friends (including the animal kind!) and enemies.
While initially, Kel's only friend is her year-mate and sponsor, the contrary and academic Nealan (Neal) of Queenscove, she slowly finds her way with his help along with the assistance of a mysterious benefactor who occasionally sends her useful "gifts".
While Kel is bitterly resentful of this additional burden atop the many other challenges that she has to face as the only girl in the entire training program, she is determined to prove to him that she is as good as any boy. One of the realms most outspoken conservatives, Wyldon of Cavall (who also happens to be the pages' training master), insists that Kel is put on a year of probation to determine her fitness for the program.
Conservative elements of Tortall's nobility are reluctant to let this happen for fear that it will derail training for the boys. (Sir Alanna was knighted when still disguising her gender, which was revealed afterwards.) Additionally, unlike Sir Alanna, Kel does not have magic. Keladry (Kel) is a serious 10-year-old who - with the support of her noble family who have just moved back from the Yamani islands after 6 years serving as diplomats - is determined to become the first official female knight of the realm in over a 100 years. Publicly however, so far no one has tried. The story opens in the realm of Tortall, where women have been legally allowed to train for knighthood in the ten years since King Johnathan IV made the decree after Alanna the Lioness disclosed her gender Kel is one of the confirmed queer characters written by Tamora Pierce, who explains that Kel is aromantic asexual (aroace) in the FAQ section of her website. It follows Keladry (known as Kel to her friends and family) as she seeks knighthood as the first girl to openly do so in centuries. This is the third series written in the Tortallian Universe, but forth in the in-universe timeline. The Protector of the Small quartet is a series of books written by Tamora Pierce that tells the story of Keladry of Mindelan, a heroine in the fictional kingdom of Tortall.
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