They bring Malta, Keffria's rebellious daughter, to a meeting between the Bingtown traders and the Rain Wild Traders. In Bingtown, Keffria and Ronica attempt to manage the Vestrit family's finances. Kennit is attacked by a sea serpent Etta severs his leg in order to rescue him. Etta, a whore in Divvytown who Kennit has favored and who loves him, is brought on board. Because of this, Kennit unwittingly gains support, influence, and legendary status in the pirate townships. Kennit's first mate convinces him to capture slaver ships to free the slaves while throwing the slavers overboard. He intends to capture and sail a liveship in order to do so. The ambitious pirate captain Kennit desires to unite all pirate townships under himself as king. Ronica, the Vestrit matriarch, begins to fear the control Kyle has over the family. Wintrow has a growing bond with Vivacia, but finds it hard to adjust to life on the ship and cruel treatment from Kyle and the crew. Because a blood relative of the Vestrit family must sail with the ship, Kyle forces his son Wintrow, who is training to be a priest of Sa, to serve aboard the ship. Amber, a foreign carpenter in Bingtown, aids her before she leaves. Althea sets off to prove she is a capable sailor. Kyle believes he can restore the family fortune by entering the slave trade and banishes Althea from the ship. His daughter, Althea, thought she would be the ship's new captain and is shocked to learn that Ephron has given Vivacia to her sister, Keffria, who in turn gives captainship to Kyle, her Chalcedean husband.
In Bingtown, the culture is increasingly patriarchal and the practice of slavery puts a financial strain on many Trader families.Ĭaptain Ephron Vestrit dies on the Vivacia and she quickens. Chalced's influence and customs are spreading throughout the world. Their charter comes from Jamaillia however, the Satrap, the current leader of Jamaillia, has ignored the promises his ancestors made with Bingtown.
The Vestrits live in Bingtown, which borders the sea, Jamaillia, Chalced, and the Rain Wilds. Vivacia is the ship bought by the Vestrit family, who are still in debt to the Rain Wilder for the price of the Wizardwood. Only a liveship is capable of crossing the perilous Rain Wild River to trade with the Rain Wilders, who have valuable goods plundered from an ancient Elderling ruin.
When three generations of a ship's owners die on board, a liveship "quickens", becoming a sentient being with a personality, the memories of the dead ancestors, and a psychic connection to living family members. Synopsis Setting Ī liveship is a ship made of Wizardwood, a mystical substance from up the Rain Wild River. Ship of Magic is a 1998 fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the first in her Liveship Traders Trilogy.
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