Royal Locks
The identifying mark of the Idrian royal family — hair that shifts colour with the bearer's emotion. Joy and excitement bleach the locks blond; fear and anxiety whiten them; anger reddens them. Disciplined royals like Vivenna can hold the colour to a respectful black; less disciplined ones like Siri cannot. The line is said to have fled into the highlands when the Manywar ended. STD:WB:Ch 1
Known facts
- discipline-distinguishesThe Royal Locks take active willpower to hold to a chosen colour; common feeling colours them automatically. Vivenna manages an unbroken respectful black even in her father's study; Siri cannot keep hers from bleeding blond outdoors. King Dedelin feels his own slip red when his youngest pushes him.STD:WB:Ch 1
- can-be-cut-and-regrownSiri cuts the Royal Locks off rather than let her dressers fight her tangles, then regrows the hair on demand from her scalp down to her shoulders and again past her waist. Lengthening leaves her hungry and tired but is, like colour-changing, a controllable act — closer to moving a muscle than to invoking magic.STD:WB:Ch 6
Backreferences
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 1
- factSisirinah
- factVivenna
- factDedelin
- factRoyal Locks
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 2
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 4
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 6
- factRoyal Locks
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 9
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 16
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 17
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 19
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 22
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 25
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 35
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 36
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 39
- factVivenna
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 40
- factTreledees
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 43
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 44
- factSisirinah
- summarySTD:WB:Ch 58
- summarySTD:WB:Epilogue
- factVasher