Medair went on a quest to find a legendary horn that would summon an army in time of greatest need, although many had tried and failed previously. Medair remembers being a Herald in an empire that went to war in self-defence against a nation of refugees who rejected the proffered asylum in favour of conquest. He shape-shifts into the form of an Ibisian adult male, his true form.Ī significant portion of the first 20% of the book is narrative in the form of Medair’s memories to explain the backstory juxtaposed with the above opening story. The boy later puts a geas upon Medair, magically forcing her to take him to a city well out of her way. Taking pity upon the boy, Medair single-handedly – without mention of use of magic – puts him on the horse, mounts behind him and rides away. In the ravaged area, Medair discovers evidence of a battle, many corpses, some valuable magical items and an unconscious boy. Medair circles around the afflicted area, tethers her horse and then goes back in to investigate the scene with no apparent motive other than curiosity although fleeing from her pursuers should be her priority.
In her flight from her pursuers Medair passes a fire with a smell of scorched meat. Some people arrive, hunting Medair, so she flees. Medair, a young woman, lives as a hermit on a mountain whose population has been wiped out by plague. This pale people are called Ibisian and derided as ‘White Snakes’. The colours range from the darkest range of tanned with black hair to white hair, white skin and pale blue eyes of extreme albinism without the poor eyesight. The Silence of Medair is set in a fantasy world of several nations with distinct people groups who all seem to appear European.
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