The Prince
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The Prince
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That's because it was Emmy the Sound at the orphanage - not her Echo. Her Echo (the princes sister) had been murdered when she was a baby because they thought she was Will (since they looked a lot a like when they were infants). So it makes sense she had more of a bond with William the Sound. But she really did not play a major part in the book for being the driving purpose behind it allKDJ wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 10:07 I didn't really like the prince. He was exactly what a prince should be. At times he commanded autority, at times he was diplomatic like when he received the healing plant, and later he was cunning in how he handled Valarian and the fortune tellers, but I did not like his characters relationship with Emmy. I didn't see one. I know he was busy trying to get rid of his uncle, but isn't Emmy's echo his sister? I felt no familial bond at all. She was more bonded to William than the prince.
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Well, for one thing we just met him twice in the story. Once at the beginning and once at the end. He didn’t do much and left Will and Peter to do his job for him. He could’ve been more active! Put on a disguise and go to the orphanage and suffer like Will did, huh? Why did he stay in the castle?
To be honest, I didn’t like him much. And he didn’t change at all. Like, no development whatsoever. Right? He was royalty, he wanted to do sth, had Will do it for him, got the throne and the end.
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You are right - the killing law is that if a sound dies the echo has to as well. The false king wanted prince William dead and then accidently killed princess Emmy instead. Then because of the killing law, fate sealers brought BOTH Will and Emmy the Sounds to echoland when they were 2 because they couldnt tell them apart (they really only needed Will). Will ended up being rescued and escaped whereas Emmy was left behind. She ended up in the dungeons of Shadowpain and was rescued, but by then was too old to leave Echoland by their laws. That's how she ended up in the orphanage where Will finds her.
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I would have liked to see more involvement from the Prince. I liked him well enough as a character, but I definitely felt more connected to Will. However, I'm willing to wait and see how the second book develops the characters and story. Maybe the author has plans for the Prince to play a more active role in the next book.
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I also felt that the prince could have been better fleshed out as a character, although I still liked him a lot. The fact that he is the equivalent of Will in this alternate world would have been an interesting point to develop further.Tomah wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 13:44 Indeed, the prince was an underdeveloped and underutilized character, in my opinion. I actually liked him overall, but he just doesn't do all that much. I think he should've been more of a secondary protagonist so that we could see what he's up to while Will goes on adventures.
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