Previous
Oya
An event that took place years before the novel begins in which King Saran brutally murdered every divîner over the age of 13. He did this in response to peace talks with maji that failed when Burners murdered many noble families and the then-king, Saran’s father.
The Raid Quotes in Children of Virtue and Vengeance
The Children of Virtue and Vengeance quotes below are all either spoken by The Raid or refer to The Raid. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter Two
Quotes
“I can’t be expected to carry the plight of my people forever.”
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter Twenty-Three
Quotes
“For so long we’ve been defenseless against the havoc the maji wreak, but now the gods have blessed us as well. We’re powerful enough to annihilate them, Inan. The only way to achieve lasting peace is to cleanse the maggots from this land.”
Her words make my fingers grow cold. To cleanse Orïsha of maji would be finishing Father’s work. It would be another Raid.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter Thirty-Four
Quotes
“After the Raid, practicing these incantations was the only part of him I had left.”
My heart sinks in the echo of his words. In my mind, Kâmarū still whispers these incantations, but without the father he loves. Without the magic that was meant to run through his veins.
[...]
As we walk, I think of the other elders and maji, what their lives might’ve been like before the Raid. Mâzeli’s already told me how the monarchy took both his parents away. How his sister Arunima perished from grief.
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter Forty-Five
Quotes
“I do not think you’ve gone far enough,” she says. “You speak of this war as if it is the start, but the maji and the monarchy have been fighting for decades. Centuries. Both sides have inflicted great pain on each other. Both sides are filled with mistrust.” [...] “You cannot blame Zélie for her actions any more than you can blame Inan for his past mistakes. You have to look beyond the surface if you truly want to achieve the peace you seek.”
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter Sixty-Four
Quotes
“This war didn’t start when magic came back, Inan. You are only seeing the end of a battle countless have given their lives for. By winter’s dawn, we will have wiped the scourge of maji from this land. Even your wretched father couldn’t achieve that.”
“Mother, what are you talking about?” I grab her arm. “We’re fighting the Iyika. Not the maji.”
“We’re fighting them all. We have been for decades. This war started long before the Raid. It began before you were even born.”
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Get the entire Children of Virtue and Vengeance LitChart as a printable PDF.
The Raid Term Timeline in Children of Virtue and Vengeance
The timeline below shows where the term The Raid appears in Children of Virtue and Vengeance. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Fourteen
...palace looked like this, Burners killed Saran’s family and Saran went on to conduct the Raid.
(full context)
Chapter Seventeen
...Ojore is a brother, even though he hates Inan’s magic—Burners killed his parents before the Raid. Inan points out that there are tîtáns in Ojore’s ranks, but Ojore says they have...
(full context)
Chapter Twenty-Three
...to annihilate the maji. Inan realizes that what Nehanda talks about doing is conducting another Raid. With a sigh, Inan tells Nehanda that they have to try to make peace with...
(full context)
Chapter Thirty-Four
...He tells Zélie that his father was the clan elder and trained him. After the Raid, he practiced the incantations to remember his father. Zélie thinks of how the other elders...
(full context)
Chapter Sixty-Four
...fighting the Iyika, not all maji, but Nehanda says that this war started before the Raid and before Inan’s birth. Nehanda asks if Inan heard Saran talk about almost unifying the...
(full context)
...monarch to survive the attack and if it hadn’t happened, Saran wouldn’t have led the Raid. Orïsha might have peace now. Inan leaps up and asks Nehanda how she can live...
(full context)
Chapter Seventy-Six
Amari thinks of the morning after the Raid. Everything seemed normal except that she couldn’t find Binta. A new, unsmiling handmaiden arrived to...
(full context)
Chapter Eighty-One
...isn’t the problem: the monarchy is. Loudly, Zélie says that she was here when Saran’s Raid took Mama. Today, not much has changed despite Saran being dead. A villager shouts, “Down...
(full context)
