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Psyche (Istral)
Redival is the middle sister of the royal family. She’s beautiful, flirtatious, and empty-headed, but she can also be manipulative and cruel. Before Psyche’s birth, she and Orual are close, and Redival then becomes jealous of Orual’s love of Psyche. This, combined with Psyche’s superior beauty, undoubtedly contributes to her ill-will towards her sister. Redival threatens to tell the Priest of Ungit that the people are worshiping Psyche like a goddess, and when the Priest pronounces Psyche the Accursed, Orual blames Redival. Eventually, Orual retreats from her desire to do Redival as much harm as possible, and when she becomes Queen, she marries Redival to Trunia of Phars. Orual always thinks that Redival has the upper hand in life because of her beauty, but in fact, she is far more miserable than she lets on.
Redival Quotes in Till We Have Faces
The Till We Have Faces quotes below are all either spoken by Redival or refer to Redival. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2: Chapter 1
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Oh, Queen Orual, I begin to think you know nothing of love.... Perhaps you who spring from the gods love like the gods. Like the Shadowbrute. They say the loving and the devouring are all one, don’t they? ...You’re full fed. Gorged with other men’s lives, women’s too: Bardia’s, mine, the Fox’s, your sister’s—both your sisters’.
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Redival Quotes in Till We Have Faces
The Till We Have Faces quotes below are all either spoken by Redival or refer to Redival. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 2: Chapter 1
Quotes
Oh, Queen Orual, I begin to think you know nothing of love.... Perhaps you who spring from the gods love like the gods. Like the Shadowbrute. They say the loving and the devouring are all one, don’t they? ...You’re full fed. Gorged with other men’s lives, women’s too: Bardia’s, mine, the Fox’s, your sister’s—both your sisters’.
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