Why you should read the Lumatere

Chronicles by Melina Marchetta

by me, caliphashazii

New covers are HOT (watch me go broke buying them HAHA /sobs)

SETTING
okay first things first
this is Skuldenore
many pronouns but thats what the
map is for??
each kingdom has its own culture
and language/dialect!!
Our Queen Marchetta isnt a
Lumatere-elist (despite the name
of the series) so not all the cool
customs goes to Lumatere
like Charynites basically do the
salsa when they dance and theyre
like Lumaterans and their stupid
stomping dance- thats not
seductive~~
they even differ in how they make
BREAD
bread is important to me okay
idk

LUMATERE/PLOT

finnikin says that in increasing order

of strength is rock, river, monts,
flatlands, forest but everyone
disagrees with him
rule 1: finnikin is always wrong

you got your rock village,

flatlands, river, monts,
forest
kingdom is cursed from 10
years ago or so when the
first book starts
half the people of
lumatere are trapped
inside with a crazy
imposter king
the other half is exiled
and wandering skuldenore
much sad
protect the royal family at
all costs
theyre too precious for
this world

FINNIKIN OF THE ROCK

namesake of the first book aayy

son of the captain of the guard

childhood bffs w/ prince balzathar and

lucian of the monts (the princes cousin
more on him later)

exiled but trying to get his people more

rights and security

SPEAKS SEVEN LANGUAGES LIKE A

BOSS

precious little ginger son

gets called a ginger cat later hah

constantly underestimates evanjalin BUT

HELL LEARN

really good story teller??

(i just want him to read me a bed time

story every night okay)

kind of looks like sam claflin here imo,

but in reality has the star map freckles
of eddie redmayne MERCY

EVANJALIN OF THE MONTS

is a BAE
poc female thats too hot (hot
damn)
strong
humbling
ruthless
cunning
SASS QUEEN
puts finnikin in his place bc
honestly someone should
unafraid to talk about menstrual
cycles to men and make them
squirm
cant say much bc spoilers
says some of the best quotes
honestly

art by me im sorry guys i tried

because without our language, we

have lost ourselves. who are we
without our words?

 my son deserves his own slide

trash king but I love him
does something unspeakably horrible
in the first book but marchetta must
practice black magic bc you like him A
LOT later like how?? how does she do
it?
pretty much gets adopted by finnikin,
evanjalin & the guard (& everyone
else lbr)

how much you like him

FROI

time

also sassy af (basically everyone is if

you havent gathered)
are you an idiot, or an idiot? gargarin hissed.
the first one. i really resent being called the second.

art by me (again sorry!)

LUCIAN OF the MONTS

village idiot

finnikin calls him a mountain goat

BALTHAZAR
such
friendship~~

myth: super smooth and charming

reality: grumpy potato that gets
called out by his grandma

TREVANION

captain of the guard

finnikins dad
loves finn so much i cry
silent dark bear with an angry frown
according to evanjalin (accurate)
so in love with beatriss it hurts
oh yeah you def ship the older couples in this
series

GARGARIN & ARJURO

TWINS
both are brilliant af
both are sassy af
have so much pain and history between
them i can eat angst for breakfast
still share a whistle after like 18 yrs

prince of lumatere & finnikins bff

basically everyone in book 1 is looking
for him
for other marchetta fans, he is basically
the jimmy hailler of lumatere everyone
is trying to find
heart of gold
adventurous protective type oh my

PERRI THE SAVAGE

bffs w/ trevanion
they have silent, long conversations
through eye contact like seriously,
friendship goals right here
has glares that could kill a man
probs one of the most efficient killers
ever dont get on his bad side
best babysitter in the world imo

shoutout to

grijio of paladozza
de lancey of paladozza
TARIQ
saro of the monts
RaFUEl OF SEbastABOL
so many more jfc theres so many characters

~AWESOME WOMEN~

this series is filled to the brim with them

strong women in that they dont have to be strong physically but
they endure so much mentally and emotionally as well

LADY BEATRISS

precious angel
bold
beautiful
once slapped the
captain of the guard
they got married soon after that
seriously will make you cry

LADY ABIAN

takes no shit from anyone

mother hen for everyone
super smart and sly
stands up for her beliefs
im in awe

this is the trio. they will make soup

and plot murder in their kitchens

TESADORA

NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE HOW

GREAT SHE IS
kind of a dark character actually
its so hot
finnikin said shes one of the most
beautiful woman hes ever seen
but she scares mostly everyone shitless
ITS GREAT
and if you believe it is men i hate, you
are wrong. i despise those who use force
and greed as a means of control.
unfortunately for your gender, such traits
are found more often in the hearts of
men than women. but place me in a room
with those women who aligned themselves
with the bastard king and i promise there
will be a bloodbath i would relish soaking
in. SLAAAY
art by leabharlann

SOME MORE AMAZING WOMEN

PHAEDRA OF ALONSO:
sweetest girl in the universe

Phaedra & the bae

art by me

JAPHRA: best healer. i know a

woman?? in science??
blasphemy!!
LIRAH OF SERKER: renders me
illiterate bc shes too great to
put into words
YATA: grandma goals
TIPPIDEUX OF PALADOZZA:
bossy as shit but incredible all
the same

There were daggers, Finn. Women with

daggers. Not just any women.

Unknown source but someone pls

let me know who the artist is!

Yet here Quintana was,

crawling through the bowels
of a city for a kingdom of
people who would never truly
understand what she had
sacrificed for them.

QUINTANA

gets her own slide bc shes the other bae

some people hate her and im like ??? why do you

hate yourself

I CANNOT EVEN DEAL WITH HOW MUCH

SHES BEEN THROUGH IN HER MERE 18
YEARS AND EVERYTHING SHES DONE TO
PROTECT OTHER GIRLS

nobody touch me

okay she is somewhat loca but its what makes

quintana quintana

says the word swive much to everyones

distress

will seriously pull at your heartstrings

keeps wanting to adopt a puppy like seriously

how can you not like her

IN CONCLUSION

just do yourself a favor an go read it??

fantasy genre but also talks about rape,

loss, depression, family, friendships,
language, LIFE LESSONS

So many amazing characters, male &

female

queer characters and everyone accepts

it!!

the plot is AMAZING and just so

unpredictable jfc

the story is so funny when its not

painful

tHE shipS

Its not a book its a religious experience

everyone, probably

art by leabharlann