#la quete d'ewilan

[best-childhood-book]

[obscurecharactershowdown]

Group A Round 1

[image ID: the first image is of The Guardian. they wear a pink helmet, obscuring their face. they're swinging a sword. the second image is of Salim Condo, a young Black man with a lip piercing and orange beads in his locs. end ID]

The Guardian

The Guardian is a fellow veteran of the event known as the Shattering, a grand and terrible war which resulted in both the production and the laying low of myriad massive titans. Both the Guardian and the PC (the titular Drifter) are afflicted by a chronic disease that makes them cough up blood and hallucinate. Their mutual goal is to locate and destroy a being known only as Judgement, a physical embodiment of the vile hubris that caused the Shattering in the first place.

Salim Condo

He's the childhood best friend of the protagonist. They end up in a parallel world where magic exists. He's funny and extremely loyal. He ends up under the tutelage of a Marchombre, sort of rogues who march to the beat of their own drums, and develops his already good acrobatics. He also learns he can turn into a wolf and gets stuck as one for about a third of a book. He's sometimes jealous and impetuous but the most caring soul in all of the books.

[logarithmicpanda]

Ask Game for us Self-proclaimed BOOK WORMS: 22, 25, & 41, please!

Thanks for the ask!

22. Favorite example of a Chosen One trope in a book.

It's usually not a trop I like much... does Legendborn count? I really liked how it handled it. Otherwise, maybe The Final Empire. Or oh wait, The Unspoken Name! (in any case, I guess I like the trope most when it's toyed with haha)

25. Favorite Middle Grade book(s).

La Quete d'Ewilan by Pierre Bottero! aka those french books.

41. When you get ready for a week long trip to somewhere how many books do you download/pack inside the suitcase?

Depends on where I am going tbh. Sometimes I know I won't have time to read so one book is enough. Usually I'd say up to three, but also thanks to Libby my beloved I don't actually need to plan that far ahead, I can just leave with one and get however more I need as tie goes by xD

[maddiesbookshelves]

I received them a while ago but I thought I would do a bit more advertising for the Ewilan's Quest animated series! Here are my rewards from the Kickstarter campaign that ended a while back:

Everything is absolutely beautiful, the art book is gorgeous and I love all of it. I also have an A3 map of Gwendalavir but I need to buy a frame for it.

I am so glad that Andarta Pictures is making this adaptation, one because they're doing it with love, and two because this show will allow more people to learn about Pierre Bottero's world and stories since they're doing it in both French and English.

If you want to know more about the plot, you can read my review of the book series if you're interested.

And if you want to learn more about the show, I invite you to check out the official Twitter and Instagram accounts for the show.

You can also support the project by donating here, through the Kickstarter page

[hel-is-lurking-in-the-shadows]

My favorites books ever in the entire world, by Pierre Bottero, are on their way to have an animated adaptation that would help spread this wonderful story to a new public ! 

The Kickstarter was entirely funded in 3 hours but it’s still possible to participate and unlock a lot of awesome stuffs while helping the creators prove to potential broadcasters that the audience is here already ! 

I think it’s a really great project and they take into consideration the other fans of the books and I’ve yet to be disappointed by any of the character designs or landscapes they released. Since I’m really a huge, huge fan of this universe which accompanied me during all my teenage years and was (and still is) a safety blanket of sort I’m very critical about adaptations of it but this one... I like it ! 

And for those who knows nothing about Ewilan and her friends, their story take place in a parallel universe with magic, friendship, awesome scary creatures, awesome fluffy creatures, found family, character development and so many wonderful wholesome things I could list them for hours ♥. Please consider supporting :3.

[camilieroart]

Look ! I’m actually updating my PATREON !

Ain’t that amazing ?

[satvrtle]

coucou, je viens poster mon premier post sur Ewilan sur tumblr pour presenter une theorie que j'ai créé

Alors, la theorie se base sur la temporalité chelou de Gwendalavir.

On a Le chant du troll, où on rencontre Lena/Eejil et Doudou. Or, que sachons nous de ces personnages? On les voit dans Ellana, et Eejil est decrite comme ayant 10 ans environ, mais semblant avoir beaucoup plus. Considerons alors que Eejil et Doudou sont présents dans Gwendalavir depuis ~100 ans, meme moins si il faut.

Que voit on dans le Chant du troll ? Le pere, utiliser un ordinateur portable, tecnologie qui n'existait pas il y a 100 ans, d'autant plus que Le chant du troll est sorti en 2010, en 1910, les ordinateurs portables n'existaient pas.

Bon? et alors ? Le chant du troll peut tres bien se passer en ~2000, quelle importance ?

et bien encore une fois. Eejil est a Gwendalavir depuis au moins 100 ans, ou un peu moins, mais vrmt pas moins de 50 ans.

Ellana rencontre Eejil, et disons qu'Ellana tome 2 se passe aller, un an avant Ewilan?

Cela voudrait dire que Le chant du troll se passerait 50 ans minimum, plus 100 ans avant Ewilan ? Rien dans Ewilan, ni l'Autre (qui devrait se passer environ dans le meme temps qu'Ewilan, vu l'histoire avec Elio et la fille d'Ewie et Salim) ne nous montre qu'on est dans le futur, meme plutot le contraire.

Donc. On est sur une temporalité incohérente.

Là intervient ma theorie.

Pourquoi Eejil est en vie ? À cause de son pere. Son pere est responsable de sa vie. Sans son pere, elle ne peut pas etre en vie. Donc son pere a créé toute l'histoire incluant Eejil. Il est celui qui a écrit le basculement. Et si, il avait créé tout cela ? Que sans lui, aucun basculement n'aurait été possible, parce qu'il était le créateur de tout cela ? Et ainsi, il serait aussi le createur du monde dans lequel va Eejil apres. Il serait le créateur de Gwendalavir.

Et en tant que créateur de Gwendalavir, il pourrait manipuler tout de ce monde. Créer un lieu où sa fille et Doudou puisse vivre, sans crainte. Les faire arriver plus tôt dans ce monde. Peut etre qu'Eejil n'a pas 100 ans, mais l'age de Gwendalavir lui meme.

Alors oui, plothole, Merwyn? Pourquoi des humains pourraient venir ? Pourquoi les Ts'lich ?

bah fuck, là c un peu galere. J'ai plusieurs petites théories, mais c'est chiant pcq j'arrive pas a les caler.

Bon, on y va quand meme, en essayant de mettre du sens dans tout ca. Pourquoi des humains pourraient venir ? Possiblement parce que Eejil étant une humaine, il a fallu creer un moyen pour que les humains puissent venir. Dans cette theorie, je pars du principe que les familles sont un probleme terrien, surtout pas Gwendalavirien. Donc, les batisseurs auraient trouvé par x moyen Gwendalavir, parce que eux aussi peuvent voyager entre les dimensions, donc pourraient possiblement découvrir le monde creer par le pere de Eejil. Merwyn serait un batisseur.....

OU, Merwyn est le pere d'Eejil mais alors son histoire convient pas avec celle de Merwyn (la femme...)

Ensuite, les Ts'lich... bah,,,, fuck. Sois, en creant le monde le pere de Eejil les a mis sur Gwendalavir (vu qu'ils font parti de l'armée de l'ombre la), sois ils ont réussi a faire comme les batisseurs et auraient trouvé Gwendalavir en changeant de dimensions.

Bon, je sais, y'a des trucs confus etc, mais sincerement, j'aime cette theorie que j'ai créé, avec le pere d'Eejil comme créateur de Gwendalavir, qui pourrait manipuler le temps et la temporalité de ce monde comme il le desire (et du coup il aurait pu le faire apparaitre au moyen age sans pb, d'où possiblement la presence de Merwyn)

Voila. J'ai créé cette theorie cette nuit a 2h du mat, n'hesitez pas a la demonter si elle ne fait aucun sens, mais je l'aime bien

[tchatso]

EWILAN !!

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BONJOUR Y’A T-IL DES GENS ICI QUI ONT LU LA QUETE D’EWILAN

J’ai un shitpost à faire mais jsp si il y a un public pour ça

[elinaline]

BONJOUR ANDARTA PICTURE ADAPTE LA QUÊTE D'EWILAN EN ANIMATION ET C'EST BEAU

[best-childhood-book]

[obscurecharactershowdown]

The Contestants Are Here!

Thank you for your patience, I'm now ready to announce our contestants for the Obscure Character Showdown! There are 300 characters, split up into 6 groups of 50.

Here's how the schedule will work: Day 1 is Group A Round 1 Part 1, Day 2 is Group A Round 1 Part 2, Day 3 is Group B Round 1 Part 1, Day 4 is Group B Round 1 Part 2, Day 5 is Group C Round 1 Part 1, and so on and so forth until we reach Group F Round 1 Part 2, and then the next day we'll fold back over for Group A Round 2. I'm splitting up the rounds because tumblr can interpret posting many polls at once as spamming, and each group contains 25 polls, so. 13 one day, 12 the next.

I expect to start polls by Wednesday, May 31, but I may be a little later than that. I'll keep you updated.

The polls will be tagged with 'obscurecharactershowdown,' 'obscure poll,' and their group letter and round number.

Under the cut is the groups and matchups. Thank you all for your submissions, and I'm sorry if your submission didn't get in! If it was a submission for your OC, a mythological figure, a Real Life Thing, an album character, a commercial character, etc, then you may not be out of the running yet. Be patient, I have something else I'm working out!

Please don't come into my inbox, replies, dms, etc, and tell me that a character I chose isn't actually obscure at all. No one's media experience is universal, and from my own experiences, I picked to the best of my ability.

GROUP A

Juan Salvo (El Eternauta) vs The Faceless One (Masters of the Universe)

Leila Vernon (The Magic Misfits) vs Malaya Walters (How to Be a Werewolf)

Rosalia Rossellini (Trauma Team) vs Hotwire (Transformers Universe)

The Blue Electric Angels (Matthew Swift book series) vs The Protagonist’s Mother (Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk)

Syksy (Farragone) vs Chaerin Eun (Surviving Romance)

Miyabi Hanakouji (Persona 2) vs Valier / Reinhardt (The Demon Prince Goes To The Academy)

Merim Felspar (Three of Hearts Podcast) vs Gracefeel (The Faraway Paladin)

Ragna the Bloodedge (Blazblue) vs Shigeru Watanabe (Sakana)

Tragedian (Pathologic) vs Shin Kazama (Area 88)

Morga Eirsdottir (Arcana) vs Shadow Joker (Kaitou Joker/Mysterious Joker)

Rose Red (Ghost Quartet) vs Jacopo Bearzatti (The House in Fata Morgana)

Teardrop (BFB) vs Catherine Winters (Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll)

Nin (Paranatural) vs Naarah (CatGhost)

Rose Hsu Jordan (The Joy Luck Club) vs Seijyu (Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru/Mashin Hero Wataru)

Itakura Akira (Talentless Nana) vs Daryl Zero (Zero Effect (1998))

Tarisa Manandal (Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse) vs Whisper (Golden Treasure: The Great Green)

Isaac Yaga (Thistlefoot) vs Raikou Shimizu (Nabari no Ou)

Kasane Fuchi (Kasane) vs Taïs (Aïnako)

Kozlov Leifvich Grebnev (Biomega) vs Rosa Ushiromiya (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)

Bowie (Ginga Senpuu Braiger) vs Cyber 6 (Cybersix)

Kim Boksil (How to End an Unrequited Love) vs Zolophilia (Disciple of the Lich: Or How I Was Cursed by the Gods and Dropped Into the Abyss)

Kate (Shadow’s House) vs Michael Tutori (Wii Music)

The Guardian (Hyper Light Drifter) vs Salim Condo (La quete d'Ewilan books) 

The Queen of Hearts (Fool's Run by Patricia McKillip) vs Jyu Free (Dobutsu no Kuni/Animal Land)

Tom (Deltora Quest) vs The Player Square (Adventure (Atari))

GROUP B

Elliot Hemlock (Devil's Candy) vs Sulfus (Angel's Friends)

Togou Mimori/Washio Sumi (Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero & Washio Sumi is a Hero) vs Fengxi (Legend of Luo Xiaohei)

Shinozaki Yusuke (Shinozaki-kun no Mente Jijou) vs Yellow Tempest/Yellow Storm (Ending Makers)

Hiroki Dan (Brutal: Satsujin Kansatsukan no Kokuhaku) vs Tirsiak (Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion)

Tau-indi Bosoka (Seth Dickinson's Masquerade series) vs Sugar Peace (High Card)

Anima (Why Shouldn't a Detestable Demon Lord Fall in Love?!) vs Rinzen (Avatar Legends)

Walter Walzac (The Brave of Gold Goldran) vs Hoshi or “Star” (Arakawa Under the Bridge)

Lex (Cryptid Crush) vs Marshall (U.B.Funkeys)

Pappy van Poodle (Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball) vs Cockroach Boy (Nekra Psaria)

Denzil and Cuthbert (Count Duckula) vs Mama Fireplant (Super Mario World TV series)

Isaac (Awful Hospital) vs Naki Kokuriko (Ayakashi Akashi)

Tughril Mahmut (Shoukoku no Altair) vs Mark (Galactik Football)

Mistake Bradley (Home Sweet Home (1981)) vs Oopsy Bear (Care Bears (2007 series))

Yin Yu (Heaven Official's Blessing) vs Jinwoo Shim (New Recruit)

Xuanli (Lanxi Zhen) vs Tenna (Johnny the Homicidal Maniac / I Feel Sick)

Ssrin (Exordia) vs Kondou Seiichirou (Isekai no Sata wa Shachiku Shidai)

Hikaru (Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu) vs Dr. Albert Krueger (Therapy with Dr. Albert Krueger)

Chris Wise (Anna and the Apocalypse) vs Chase Beckley (Elevator Hitch)

Cindy Caine (Halloween Horror Nights) vs Uncle Flipping Hades Terwilliger (The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, by Daniel Manus Pinkwatee)

Juliana Valverde (The Hazards of Love) vs Red Savarin (Solatorobo)

Bennett (Hello Charlotte) vs Ruan Nanzhu (Kaleidoscope of Death (死亡万花筒))

Eve (Serina: A Natural History of the World of Birds) vs Senri (+Anima)

Nero (The Boy Who Fell) vs Yee (Outlander Fantastic Princess)

Atl (Certain Dark Things) vs Sheila (Witch’s Heart)

Josh Rumbles (Celia's Journey - a series by Melissa Gunther) vs Queenie (BACK)

GROUP C

Bolt (Crypt of the Necrodancer) vs Mila (The Quest)

Iris (Drawn: The Painted Tower) vs Pearl Forrester (MST3K)

Queen Seles (Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within) vs Vella (Velouria Beastender Tartine) (Broken Age)

Mr Morris Lessmore (The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore) vs Garrett Miller (Extreme Ghostbusters)

Dr. Anna May (Scott the Woz) vs Ocoho (Radiant)

Bai Lang (My Tooth Your Love) vs Aleida Rosales (For All Mankind)

The Scorched Apostate (A Practical Guide to Evil) vs "Järnarmen" ("The Iron Arm") (Jönssonligan dyker upp igen (1986))

Aliya Elasra (Heaven’s Vault) vs Roc (Xenoblade 2)

Sawamura Tetsuo (Yuureitou) vs Kid Twilight (Story Thieves by James Riley)

Doris Frances Barbara (Blood & Syrup: A Vampire the Masquerade Podcast) vs Mikey McGil (The Skinjacker Trilogy) 

Psianop the Inexhaustible Stagnation (Ishura) vs Gu Nanyi (Rise of the Phoenixes)

Sawtooth Rivergrinder (Freefall) vs Katook (The Katurran Odyssey)

Kim Koizumi (Chroma Key) vs NIL (Hyperbolica video game)

Kathryn (Fixation) vs The Spider Core (The Lab - Core Slingshot) 

Satyarani (Raven: The Secret Temple) vs Alys Hunter (Prosiect Z/Itopia)

Bamba (Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger) vs Barago (From Far Away) 

Grunty (The World Well Lost by Theodore Sturgeon) vs Ink (Going Home)

Rook (Griftlands) vs Rambler (Happy Happy Clover)

Elisabet Grimurdottir (Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness) vs Felix Iskandar Escellun (Last Legacy)

Nancy Neil (Snowboard Kids) vs THE-MEASURE-CUTS (The Blackout Club) 

Nephis (Shadow Slave) vs Rina Shioi (Magical Girl Site)

"good" Tom (El Goonish Shive) vs Tomoe Tachibana (Trauma Team) 

Enik (Land of the Lost (1978)) vs Ernő Nemecsek (A Pál Utcai Fiúk (The Paul Street Boys)) 

Dee Kennedy (Dayshift at Freddy’s) vs Eamon Bailey (The Circle by Dave Eggers)

Bob Sparker (Electricopolis) vs Kirinda (Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger)

GROUP D

Todoroki Kakeru (Chō Soku Henkei Gyrozetter) vs Lelee (Cursed Ones DnD)

Engine (Gachiakuta) vs The Exsurgent Virus (Eclipse Phase)

Therese 'Tess' Dombegh (Tess of the Road) vs Heart (Moonlight Chicken)

Captain Grace (Magical Girl Raising Project: Limited) vs Gongyi Xiao (Scum Villain's Self Saving System) 

Es (Milgram) vs Fox (Mirrorworld series)

Kindersnatch (Prey and a Lamb) vs Copen Kamizono (Azure Striker Gunvolt)

Lady Bat (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch) vs Pepper (Hello From Halo Head)

Marziale (NOISZ) vs Ulala (Space Channel 5)

Soloman (Soloman) vs Diggory Graves (Hello from the Hallowoods)

Matatagi Hayato (Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy) vs Phon (3 Will Be Free)

Riley (Nexomon) vs Hizame (Amatsuki (Takayama Shinobu))

Brutha (Discworld) vs Colt / Coltia (Monster Rancher 2)

Raven (Gravity Rush) vs Holy Joo (Oh! Holy (Webtoon))

Kit Devlin (Kitty Corner) vs Kusuriuri (the medicine seller) (Mononoke)

Dandelion Tuft-Flores (Soil That Binds Us) vs Tin (Triage The Series)

Sparky & Whoosh / ポチ & タマ (Pochi & Tama) (Ribbit King (Kero Kero King DX)) vs The Biologist (The Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer)

Silver (Oneshot) vs Allumi Niumbirch (Shaman King Flowers)

Kronoculus (Costume Quest 2) vs Raven (Raven (CBBC))

Gary (Faith the Unholy Trinity) vs Appare Sorano (Appare-Ranman!)

Roxis Rosenkrantz (Mana Khemia) vs Abby and Zara (Doctor Who / Graceless)

Shijima Tsukishima/Shimeji (Shimeji simulation) vs Sym (I Was A Teenage Exocolonist)

Oona Wong (Kiki Strike Series) vs Cynthia (Incryptid)

Felix Leiter (James Bond franchise) vs Jefferson (Death's Door) 

Gerald McBoing Boing (Gerald McBoing Boing (1950 short)) vs Gruftine (Die Schule Der Kleinen Vampire / The School for Little Vampires)

Nuch (Not Me The Series) vs Sad Ghost (Shattered Pixel Dungeon)

GROUP E

Percy Blakeney (The Scarlet Pimpernel) vs Sarah Collins (Dark Shadows (1966-1971))

Grace Summers/Poppy (Blood for Poppies (An interactive novel)) vs Tangie (The Tangerine Bear)

Pleck Decksetter (Mission to Zyxx) vs Zaknafein Do'Urden (The Legend of Drizzt (Forgotten Realms))

Tusk (Shrine II) vs Richard Conway (Gunpoint)

Zinn (Monstress) vs Detective Victor Spooky (Deep Night Detective) 

Teddyco (Sanrio) vs Leonie Beaumort (Aviary Attorney)

Magda (Vapors) vs Yokoe Rei (School Zone Girls)

Mini Kapoor-Lopez (Pandava Quintet) vs Maki (Darker than Black)

Edward Manners (The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst) vs Reo Miyao (Bokutachi no Ikita Riyuu (Our Reason For Living))

Cian (Bear and Breakfast) vs Principal Shirley Oddwell (Oddport Academy)

Curse Bringer Angel (Baroque) vs Daniel da Silva (Think of England by KJ Charles)

S.T (Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton) vs The Cashier (Midnight Museum)

Inien (Thrilling Intent) vs Vola ('Pax' & 'Pax Journey Home' by Sara Pennypacker)

Seaweed (Gloomverse) vs Fangus Klot (Oddworld)

Osari Hikaru (B-Project) vs Stag Malinay (Krystar First Fragment)

Randy Rosebud (Maggie's Apartment) vs The Lacewing King (Honeycomb)

Akama (The Idiot (1951)) vs No Significant Harassment (Rain World) 

The Nigh Furies (Wen Yan, Mo Xiao, and Hai Die) (The Wolf) vs Libby Day (Dark Places)

Sally Swing (Betty Boop) vs A (Tomorrow Will Be Dying)

Puck Reverie (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes) vs Conrad (The Castle of Otranto)

Monmouth (100 Cupboards series) vs Goo (Inanimate Insanity)

Shrimp (The Upturned) vs Suren Darga (DC Comics)

Kim Jinhyuk (Antique (2008)) vs Cecilia Sylvie (Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie)

Sullen the Magic Mirror (Barbie as Rapunzel CD-ROM) vs Bea (Brawl Stars)

Zachary Ezra Rawlins (The Starless Sea) vs Dash X (Eerie, Indiana)

GROUP F

Kiyoshirou Ushimitsu (As the Gods Will 2) vs Su Moting (God Troubles Me/Hanhua Riji)

Gabrielle (Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove) vs John Dough (John Dough and The Cherub)

Michiko Hada (Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly) vs Corrun Crosslight (Spell Check)

Moondance k'Treva (The Heralds of Valedmar books by Mercedes Lackey) vs Liv (Spooky Month)

Ibuki Momoi (Dai-Guard) vs Etcetera (Cats (musical)) 

Li Ching Lung (DNA Says Love You) vs Fumi-ba (Kamen Rider Ghost)

Uguisu Anko (Call of the Night) vs Corona Hoshino (Swans in Space (manga))

Frog (QuickSpot) vs Karl (All Hail King Julien)

Wolfman (Darkwood) vs Kenna De Poitiers (Reign)

Granger (NeverHome game series) vs Chopfyt (oz)

the Doctor/Doc (Boyfriend of the Dead) vs Gaap Goemon (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun)

Magnate Arabo (Stars in Shadow) vs The God of Hunting (A Herbivorous Dragon of 5000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized)

Iroha Irohazaka (Cipher Academy) vs Mission-chan (Mission-chan no Daibouken)

Forest Friend (Gris) vs Chiitan (Astro Boy)

Simon (Ma vie de Courgette ("My Life as a Courgette")) vs Ellie (Monster Tale)

Melatonin Protagonist (Melatonin) vs Topsy (The Only Harmless Great Thing)

Harp (Star Guardians) vs Dadish (Dadish)

Turnip (Chicory: A Colorful Tale) vs Sha Sheng Shi ("Killing Stone") (Qing Ya Ji (Yin Yang Master))

Guillermo "Dixon" Alverez (Rebelde (2022)) vs Avery (Hellbound Guardian)

Agent (Penguinronpa) vs Sasana (Nekogami Yaoyorozu)

Uhh… these guys? (Rhythm Heaven Fever) vs Fernando Carvalho (Ordem Paranormal)

Mallory (Escam) vs Elle (Starcrash)

Miyauchi Rena (Blue Reflection: Second Light) vs Adelade (A A Prime by Moto Hagio)

Yamabiki (Starving Anonymous) vs Tiger of the Wind (Monster Rancher (1999))

The High Ki of Twi (the enchanted island of yew) vs Malkah (He, She, & It by Marge Piercy)

[logarithmicpanda]

Will I continue posting pics of that pendant? Yes

La Quête d'Ewilan is the first book series I picked for myself, back when i was 9, and i still love it to this day, so getting merch from it after all these years is amazing, and I hope the animated adaptation comes through so I can finally bother English speakers with it all

[maddiesbookshelves]

La Quête d'Ewilan #1-3 by Pierre Bottero (March 2021)

Camille is a gifted teen whose life changes when she accidentally stumbles into the wold of Gwendalavir with her friend Salim. There, frightening creatures called Ts'liches identify her as Ewilan and try to kill her. Originally from this world, she inherited a prodigious gift that could prove to be a deciding instrument in her people's fight for power, freedom and dignity. Aided in her quest by the General of the Imperial Army and an old scholar, will Camille be able to save her home country?

Would I recommend it to anyone? Absolutely, yes, those books are some of my favorites partly because of the nostalgia but also because the story is amazing.

Level of (dis)satisfaction based on the summary and my expectations? The very first time I read those books, I liked them way less than I do now. Now when I re-read them, I see the flaws, the small issues with Salim's character (the only Black character, Ellana is only described as dark-skinned) and the writing style isn't as beautiful and poetic as it is in later series, but that doesn't stop me from loving them.

My thoughts on it? I had read Le Pacte des Marchombres a few years before I picked up La Quête d'Ewilan and they'd had a huge impact on me: the writing, the characters, the world, the action... So I was slightly underwhelmed by Ewilan's adventures, which are tamer than Ellana's. After a few dozen re-readings, I tried reading La Quête again, then I discovered Les Mondes d'Ewilan and I think that's when I became addicted to Pierre Bottero's universe. I continued discovering it with L'Autre, then Les Ames Croisées and even today I keep discovering links and small details between all the books that I hadn't noticed before.

In the end, eventhough I think Le Pacte is vastly superior to all the others, La Quête still holds a special place in my heart.

Andarta Pictures is currently working on an animated adaptation of those books (and hopefully the others if the project is successful) so please go give them some love on Twitter or Instagram. Thank you!

French version under the cut

La vie de Camille, adolescente surdouée, bascule quand elle pénètre par accident dans l'univers de Gwendalavir avec son ami Salim. Là, des créatures menaçantes, les Ts'liches, la reconnaissent sous le nom d'Ewilan et tentent de la tuer. Originaire de ce monde, elle est l'héritière d'un don prodigieux, le Dessin, qui peut s'avérer une arme décisive dans la lutte de son peuple pour reconquérir pouvoir, liberté et dignité. Epaulée par le maître d'armes de l'empereur et un vieil érudit, Camille parviendra-t-elle à sauver son pays d’origine ?

Est-ce que tu le conseillerais à quelqu’un ? Absolument, ces livres font partis de mes livres préférés en partie par nostalgie mais aussi parce que l'histoire est géniale.

Niveau de déception/satisfaction par rapport au résumé et tes attentes ? La toute première fois que j'ai lu ces livres, j'ai beaucoup moins aimé que maintenant. Maintenant quand je les relis je vois les défauts, les petits problèmes du personnage de Salim (seul personnage Noir, Ellana n'est décrite que comme mate de peau) et le style d'écriture est pas aussi beau et poétique que dans les séries sorties après, mais ça m'empêche pas de les adorer.

Avis sans spoiler ? J’avais lu Le Pacte des Marchombres quelques années avant de lire La Quête d'Ewilan et ils avaient eu un sacré impact sur moi : l’écriture, les personnages, l’univers, l’action… Du coup, j’ai été moins impressionnée par les aventures d’Ewilan, très soft en comparaison de celles d’Ellana. Après quelques dizaines de relectures du Pacte, j’ai relu La Quête, puis j’ai découvert Les Mondes d'Ewilan et je crois que c’est à partir de là que je suis devenue accro à tout l’univers de Pierre Bottero. J’ai continué à le découvrir avec L’Autre puis Les Ames Croisées et je continue aujourd’hui encore à découvrir des liens ou des détails que j’avais pas remarqués avant entre toutes les séries.

Du coup, même si je trouve les livres du Pacte bien supérieurs aux autres, La Quête a quand même une place particulière dans mon cœur.

Andarta Pictures est en train de travailler sur une adaptation animée de ces livres (et des autres si le projet a du succès) alors allez leur donner de l'amour sur Twitter ou Instagram. Merci !

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Ewilan Commision

Ink/Gold marker/ promarkers

[bookbeani]

@logarithmicpanda GUESS WHAT I JUST GOT MY HANDS ON