Veralidaine Sarrasri, also known simply as Daine, is the main character of the Tamora Pierce fantasy series The Immortals and also makes several cameo appearances in Protector of the Small and Daughter of the Lioness. She has the unique ability to communicate with animals telepathically as well as being able to heal them and even shapeshift to become one. Her main companions throughout The Immortals are her steel-grey, stubborn (and quick-to-bite...
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Veralidaine Sarrasri, also known simply as Daine, is the main character of the Tamora Pierce fantasy series The Immortals and also makes several cameo appearances in Protector of the Small and Daughter of the Lioness. She has the unique ability to communicate with animals telepathically as well as being able to heal them and even shapeshift to become one. Her main companions throughout The Immortals are her steel-grey, stubborn (and quick-to-bite) mare Cloud, and teacher (later lover and husband) Numair Salmalín.
Daine is described as having blue-grey eyes and curly, smokey-brown hair. Daine is noted for a full mouth that "said she was vulnerable" and a chin that was "entirely stubborn," which come to be fairly good indicators of her personality. She stood out in her hometown, which was mostly populated by people who were blond-haired and blue-eyed. She is 13 at the beginning of Wild Magic and is 16 by the end of the quartet. By The Realms of the Gods, she stands five feet five inches...
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