Deltora quest how old is lief

He spent sixteen years in the forge. Along with his companions Jasmine and Barda , Lief has gone on a number of quests to save Deltora and its people from the grasp of the Shadow Lord. First they restored the gems of the Belt of Deltora. In the beginning Lief only had Barda as a companion, but they met Jasmine in their first destination, the Forests of Silence , a wild orphan girl at the time. Although King Lief had moved into the Palace of Del upon being crowned king of Deltora, along with Jasmine and Barda and several other allies of theirs, he moved back into the forge in Del after the quest for the Pirran Pipe where he lives to this day.

King Lief made sure that the former slaves living there are always fed and taken care of — a task made especially difficult for the fact that many of the former slaves had enduring psychological issues following their experiences in the Shsdowlands, including post-traumatic disorder. Sometime later in his reign, King Lief rediscovered the manuscript of Doran the Dragonlover 's last work, a travelling guide and journal titled Secrets of Deltora which detailed his second-to-last last journey in Deltora as well as his discovery that only seven Deltoran dragons remained alive.

Lief had the book — which had been hidden away by King Gareth and King Lucan 's chief advisor, Drumm — published in its original form, with an afterword penned by himself. About fifteen years after the quest for the Deltoran dragons and the Four Sisters, King Lief and Queen Jasmine were both present during the ceremony honouring and clearing the name of the Deltoran trader and sailor, Dare Larsett , who had ventured on an ill-fated voyage to find the fabled Staff of Tier , hoping to bring it back to Deltora and use its magic to cure the Deltoran slaves.

Sharn was pregnant with Lief toward the end of Endon 's reign. He was born at the end of summer following the Shadow Lord 's takeover of Deltora and the disestablishment of the monarchy.

In order to keep Prince Lief's identity a secret, his parents disguised themselves as the blacksmith Jarred and his wife Anna , whom they had switched places with after the Shadow Lord invaded Deltora and stole the gems from the Belt of Deltora. Lief was taught many skills by his parents during his childhood.

He learned math and reading by his mother, and his father taught him to fight with a sword and work their family forge. Lief was also told to study the history of Deltora and memorise entire passages from the book The Belt of Deltora.

This was done so that he would not make the same mistakes as the previous kings and queens. Lief made many friends among the youth of Del , and through his exploits with them, he learned of life before the Shadow Lord 's rule.

Like most people in the city, he grew up resenting the kings of Deltora for becoming so lazy and neglectful that they allowed their land to fall into the Shadow Lord's clutches. When his friends believed the last king, Endon , was dead, Lief supported the idea, thinking that death was a fitting punishment for the ruin he brought to his country.

On Lief's sixteenth birthday, his parents let him take a day off from work and spend time with his friends in the city. They also told him that he would receive another gift when he returned. After meeting with his friends, they headed close to the palace walls and discovered an old apple tree covered with fruit. All fruits in Del were the property of the Shadow Lord, but since this tree had been forgotten, they picked some fruit and went into the drain-tunnel under the city to eat them in secret.

An hour before sunset, Lief's friends left. He stayed to explore the drain-tunnels and discovered a small tunnel branching off the main, which he thought lead to the palace. He crawled through the tunnel as far as he dared, then turned back, promising to follow it another day. When he finally left the tunnels, night had fallen, which mean that the Shadow Lord's curfew was in effect, and anyone caught outside after dark would be killed on sight.

Two Grey Guards , the Shadow Lord's enforcers, nearly spotted Lief on his way home, but they were distracted by a sound further off.

Once they had left, a rope appeared out of nowhere , which Lief used to scale a wall. There were no sign of who left the rope, but Lief believed that it was the same person who had distracted the Grey Guards. On the other side of the wall, Lief found that he was in the backyard of what had been Del 's biggest pottery , but was now a ruin after a group here had planned to overthrow the Shadow Lord.

He quickly returned home, and to his surprise, instead of scolding him, his parents sat him down and told him the story of how Deltora had fallen to the Shadow Lord. Lief's father told Lief that he had been friends with King Endon during his childhood and had lived at the palace. He told his son of the night the Shadow Lord invaded Deltora and shattered the Belt of Deltora before sending its seven Ak-Baba to spread them to the most dangerous places in the kingdom.

He also explained that the king and queen of Deltora were still alive, as was the heir. To prove it, he cut open his leather work-belt, which housed the now repaired Belt of Deltora.

Since the Belt was so tied to Adin 's bloodline, if it should end, the Belt would have crumbled to pieces. Until Lief was ten, his father had thought he would be the one to search for the gems, but his leg had been injured by a fallen tree so the task now fell to Lief. He accepted the quest, and was told by his father to wear the Belt of Deltora always until it was complete with the seven gems. Lief's father also provided him with a map to the locations of the seven gems.

Lief asked his father where the heir was hiding but he could not tell him, since the heir would be powerless without the Belt and had to remain in hiding until it was complete. He told Lief that, when all the gems were in place, the Belt would lead Lief to the heir.

For his birthday gift to Lief, his father gave him the finest sword that he had crafted. His mother gave him a woven cloak that changed colours when it moved so that it was hard to tell if it was brown, grey, or green. Finally, Lief was told that he would have a companion on his quest: Barda , the local beggar. Lief was dismayed at this news until he learned that Barda, once a palace guard, was only posing as a beggar to gain information from careless Grey Guards and to hide himself behind an effective disguise.

Barda suggested that they move east, to the Forests of Silence since the Grey Guards did not go near them, because of the losses they had suffered. They left Del that night and within a few days arrived at the Wenn Del path. Despite the warning, the duo travelled through Wenn Del. As they walked, Lief spotted red eyes watching them from the woods. Before he and Barda could defend themselves, they were stunned by the high pitched sound of creatures called Wenn and then paralysed by their stinging them.

They woke the next day in a clearing inside the Forests of Silence, their bodies paralysed. A girl the same age as Lief, accompanied by a raven and a furry animal , jumped down from the trees and casually explained that the Wenn had brought them there as an offering for the Wennbar , a monster that they worship.

Afterwards, she took Lief's cloak. He demanded it back, saying it was a present from his mother, but the girl, named Jasmine , not believing them and saying they were Grey Guards in disguise since only Guards took the Wenn Del path.

Before Lief and Barda could convince her, Kree , her raven, called out in warning, and Jasmine fled. Having regretted her actions, Jasmine returned at sunset and made Lief and Barda drink the contents of a tiny bottle. Their bodies burned with pain, but they found themselves able to move again. Lief and Barda followed Jasmine into the trees, and she explained that the Wennbar was coming for them. It soon arrived and attacked the three, but they had climbed too high for it, even with its neck fully extended.

When a cold wind started blowing, Lief tossed his cloak around the three of them, and to their amazement, the colours shifted to blend them into their surroundings. With its prey gone, the Wennbar roared and ate two Wenn before returning to its cave. She led them to her home — a nest of sorts in a high tree. Inside she brought them food and water. She also told them that she knew where they were most likely headed, and was willing to take them, but she did not suspect they would survive.

At dawn the three arrived at the centre of Mid Wood : a dome made of vines called The Dark. Lief thanked Jasmine and he and Barda climbed down to the ground, leaving her behind. The Belt grew warm as they approached, which told Lief that there was a gem nearby.

Inside The Dark stood a hulking figure clad in golden armour. The Guardian said his name was Gorl. On the hilt of his sword was the Topaz , one of the seven gems. Lief pointed out that they were two against one, but Gorl heard him and raised a hand, and both Lief and Barda were pulled forward by an invisible force. In the middle of The Dark was a patch of mud where three glimmering, golden flower buds rose.

They were the Lilies of Life which gave eternal life to whoever drank their nectar. Gorl thought Lief and Barda had come to steal them. He brought Lief and Barda into the circle so their blood could feed his vines. Barda distracted Gorl by expressing that the knight fought without honour, and that he could not have come here alone.

Gorl said that he had come with his two brothers, but had had to kill them in their fight over the Lilies of Life. The memory made Gorl lose focus and release Lief and Barda. As he reminisced about his past, Barda stabbed him through the neck, but Gorl effortlessly removed the blade and stabbed Barda in the chest. Before he could kill Lief, Jasmine distracted Gorl and cut at his vines. When Gorl tried to stop her, Jasmine released the vines around a large tree branch, crushing Gorl beneath it.

Lief ran to Barda but found that he was dying. The hole the falling branch had made allowed sunlight through the net of vines and made the Lilies of Life bloom. Lief collected their nectar in his hands and used it to heal Barda's injuries.

Lief thanked Jasmine for saving their lives, but Jasmine gave credit to the tree that crushed Gorl, and Lief who saved Barda. As she collected the last of the nectar, Lief picked up Gorl's sword and removed the Topaz from it.

He let Jasmine hold the gem, which allowed the spirit of Jasmine's mother to appear. Her mother told her that Lief and Barda were on a quest to free Deltora from the Shadow Lord, and that she must go with them, before returning to the afterlife. Jasmine was saddened at the news that her mother was dead. She asked Lief and Barda if they would let her join their quest, and they both accepted the offer. Lief removed the Belt of Deltora and added the Topaz into the first of the medallions.

He wanted to celebrate by ridding the trees of the vines, but word had spread throughout the Forests that The Dark was no more and birds and other gnawing creatures had already come to remove the vines. A couple of days into their second destination, Lief, Barda and Jasmine reached a bridge with a golden-eyed man holding a curved sword blocking their path. Due to a curse placed on him by the sorceress Thaegan forced the trio to answer three questions before they could come across.

If they answered correctly, they would be allowed to cross, however if their answers were wrong, he would have to kill them.

Jasmine and Barda answered correctly and crossed to the other side. Lief's answer, however, were wrong due to lack of information. As a result, the man claimed that he must die. Alarmed, Lief claimed that the man was a trickster and deceiver and that he was not surprised that he was doomed to guard the bridge until truth and lies were one.

Angered, the giant decided to play another game: deciding which way Lief would die. Lief had to say only one sentence; if it was true the giant would strangle him, if it is false he would cut off his head. Lief pressed his hand against the Topaz which cleared his mind and an idea came to him. He answered " My head will be cut off. The bridge started crumbling, and in a desperate attempt, Lief ran across it.

Before he could fall to his death, the bird saved him to repay its debt. Not long afterwards, Jasmine heard a pod of Grey Guards approaching. The companions hid in a tree, but to their dismay, the guards chose the clearing to be their resting area.

With the Guards was a captive Ralad. Soon, the Guards fell asleep and the companions saved the Ralad. The guards woke up and chased after them, but they escaped by hiding among sweetplumb bushes. The Guards gave up on searching for them and laughed as they walked away. Jasmine and Barda tried to remove the Ralad's chains while Lief searched for food and firewood.

He noticed a cheery little house and notified Barda and Jasmine. The three rang the bell, and ran towards the house. However, the lawn that they ran on was actually quicksand. Thanks to a large piece of wood Lief had found, the companions managed to stay buoyant long enough for an elderly couple who lived in the house to rescue them. Barda and Jasmine were suspicious over this, however Lief took no notice, thankful for the couple for saving him.

They introduced themselves as Nij and Doj. Though the companions could not understand their dialect, they were thankful and happily took up their invitation to stay in the house. Jasmine was less comfortable being inside a house, and asked Lief whether the Belt of Deltora was still on his waist.

After making sure, he started to clean the mud off of the Topaz. Nij and Doj came back in with food and drink, but instead of talking in their usual dialect, Lief heard many disturbing things. He realised that touching the Topaz had cleared his mind to the home's illusion, and quickly warned Bard and Jasmine. However, Barda had already taken a sip of the drink, which was drugged to make him lethargic.

He made Barda and Jasmine touch the gem as well, and the three of them pretended to be asleep when Jin came to inspect them. Just then the bell rang again, and Jin and Jod left the house to gather another victim. Lief, Barda, and Jasmine used the distraction to escape. However, the ring of quicksand kept them trapped near the house. Lief deduced that the monsters had to leave their house at some point to meet their mother, and when he found a collection of leaves with strange symbols, he realised that there were stepping stones hidden among them.

Just then the Ralad man ran out of the house, being pursued by the monsters. Lief noticed that his legs were dirty while the rest of his body was clean. He realised that the quicksand in between the leaves concealed the stepping stones, and informed Barda and Jasmine. With the monsters in quick pursuit, Jasmine stopped to switch two of the leaves to hide the stones, but Jin threw an axe at her shoulder. Lief and Barda used Lief's cloak to drag Jasmine out of the quicksand, but the monsters quickly caught up to them.

Just then, Kree swooped in to distract them and was seriously injured. Jin and Jod followed the companions into the quicksand, but due to Jasmine switching the leaves they stepped on the wrong spot and drowned.

Jasmine then healed Kree with nectar from the Lilies of Life and had Lief heal her shoulder with her green salve. The Ralad man, named Manus , used Ralad symbols to explain the history of how Thaegan created the Lake of Tears from the city of D'Or , and stole the voices of the Ralads when they spoke against her. Manus agreed to take the trio to the Ralad's city of Raladin on their way to the Lake of Tears. Along the way they found several abandoned buildings, which they searched for supplies.

Lief felt uneasy about taking things that did not belong to them, but Manus pointed to a mark scratched on the wall beside a window, the Ralad sign for freedom and bird, which had become the secret signal used by a resistance group fighting against the Shadow Lord. By the third day they arrived at a waterfall that acted as the hidden entrance to Raladin. However, the four of them found Raladin sacked and deserted with the Shadow Lord's brand on the buildings.

Grief-stricken and believing his people were lost, Manus withdrew a flute and started playing it, which summoned the people of Raladin. They had built an underground city just beneath Raladin, to hide from Thaegan and the Shadow Lord. Lief, Barda and Jasmine were offered the chance to rest in the city, and three days later they continued their quest with Manus to show the way to the Lake of Tears, despite the reluctance of the Ralad people.

When they reached the Lake of Tears, they found that it was guarded by a giant lake monster, Soldeen. The four companions were almost killed until Lief threw two of their supply packs into Soldeen's mouth. The companions spent the night on the rocks near the Lake under the full moon.

As they debated on how to retrieve the gem, Lief begged Manus to play his flute to help them combat the sadness and despair of the lake.

His music worked in brightening the companion's spirits, but it also caught the attention of Soldeen. Soldeen asked the three what they were doing at the Lake, and Lief told him that they were searching for a special gem that was dropped into the Lake sixteen years ago. Soldeen revealed that he had the gem, but he refused to give it up without getting something in return. He named the Ralad man as his price, saying that his music comforted him.

Lief's cloak was caught on one of the serpent's spines and nearly choked him to death, but he managed to twist free and press his sword against Soldeen's eye. This pressed the Topaz to Soldeen's skin, and its mind-clearing powers allowed Soldeen to remember his past life.

Lief persuaded Soldeen to show him where the gem that they were looking for was hidden, and he obeyed, allowing Lief to ride him into the Lake. He took Lief to the weeping stone —a rock shaped like a crying woman — with a pink gemstone in her hands. Lief was puzzled, since he did not remember any of the gems of the Belt of Deltora as being pink, but he soon realised it was the great Ruby , which pales in the presence of evil and misfortune.

Before Lief could warn Soldeen, the sorceress Thaegan descended from the sky and struck Soldeen with her magic. Lief was thrown sideways and dropped the Ruby down a deep crack in the weeping rock. Thaegan raised her hand in order to turn the companions into creatures of the Lake, but Kree managed to strike her finger — the only part of her body not protected by magic — and drew blood. Since drawing blood kills a witch, Thaegan turned into dust, and her curse on the Lake was lifted.

Soldeen was turned back into his original form, a man named Nanion. The weeping rock split open to reveal his wife Ethena , who was holding the Ruby. The Lake changed back into the great city of D'Or , and everywhere the creatures of the Lake were transformed into its citizens. By lifting the curse the companions had also given the Ralads, including Manus, back the ability to talk, and he thanked them.

Nanion asked the three to stay in D'Or for a while, however Lief said that they were expected in Raladin. The signpost pointing towards Tom's shop. Lief, Barda and Jasmine spent the next two days celebrating in Raladin before continuing on their quest. By afternoon they arrived on a thorn-covered pathway and encountered a sign promoting Tom's shop.

When Jasmine seemed puzzled by the concept of a shop, Lief explained to her that they were places of buying and selling what people could not make for themselves. By nightfall, Jasmine heard a large group following the companions. Lief thought they should stay and fight but Barda argued that it would be foolish to try on a road hemmed in by thorns, so they moved on and tried to find a better place. After the companions passed a dead tree, their pursuers began to speed up.

Jasmine suspected that they were wolves, but Lief was unsure due to their tactics. The companions lit torches to defend themselves. The eleven wolves cornered them by another tree. Before the companions could defend themselves, they were hoisted up into a net trap. The wolves then transformed into the remainder of Thaegan's children and used the companions' torches to light a fire beneath them.

Filli slipped out of the net and began to chew through it. The monsters were too busy arguing among themselves over how to divide up the companions to notice FIlli. Lief used their squabbling to trick them into fighting among themselves by saying that thirteen could not divide three evenly.

This resulted in a bloody battle where only the strongest of the monsters, Ichabod , was left alive. By this point Filli and Kree had eaten through the net, and Jasmine kicked Ichabod into the fire. As he was blinded by pain and rage, the companions gathered their belongings and quickly escaped from Thaegan's territory, where Ichabod would not follow them.

In the morning the companions reached Tom's shop. It was a small building with no prices on any of the merchandise. Two signs read " Free gift for every customer " and " Travellers! Choose carefully. No exchanges. No refunds. No regrets. Barda called Tom a trusting person, saying it would be easy to steal what they wanted without being seen.

To prove this, he tried to take a lantern from the shelf, only to find he could not lift it or remove his hand. Tom appeared and asked if Barda was interested in buying the lantern. He put a finger below the counter, releasing Barda's hand.

Tom then showed Lief and Barda his various items, resulting in them buying a self-coiling rope, a pack of instant bread called "No Bakes," a jar of powder that cleans water called "Pure and Clear", and cushioned socks for sore feet. As they browsed, Jasmine left the shop to wait outside. Just as Lief and Barda finished their shopping, a scar-faced man entered the shop.

He drew the symbol of the Resistance in the dust on the counter and got a discount on self-coiling rope. As he wiped the symbol away, he told Tom that the sorceress Thaegan was dead. Lief also overheard the man talking with Tom about how the royal family was responsible for the land's ruin. After the man left, Tom recognised that Lief and Barda understood the Resistance mark and gave them a jar of fire beads and a pipe that blew bubbles of light, free of charge.

Lief asked for the free gift and received a flat tin box labelled " Water Eaters. Hearing a sound, Tom left quickly through the back door. Lief and Barda followed him and saw Jasmine in a pen with three white horses. Lief asked Tom if they could buy the horses by returning all items, but Tom reminded him of the no exchanges rule. Hoping to make a deal, Jasmine showed Tom a feather, a length of plaited twine, some stones, her second dagger, and a broken-toothed comb.

Lief was about to say that none of the things had any worth, but then Jasmine upturned her bag and revealed all the gold she had taken from Grey Guards. Tom explained that the horses were already paid for, but then showed the companions three-legged animals called Muddlets. He sold them the muddlets with saddles, and warned the companions to take the left path on and upcoming fork in the road. Half an hour later, the companions came to the fork Tom had told them about. A signpost stood in the middle, pointing towards Miller's Rise on the left and the River Broad on the right.

Despite Tom's warning, the companions took the path on the right, since it led to the City of the Rats. A ways down the path, the three lost control of the Muddlets and were thrown to the ground, knocked unconscious. Lief, Barda, and Jasmine woke up inside a large meeting hall, surrounded by people wearing black and red bodysuits.

One of the red-clad people told Lief that they were in the city of Noradz. He presented himself as Reece , first Ra-Kachar of the Nine that ruled over the city.

Reece insisted that the companions stay for the meal his people were about to have. Reluctantly they agreed, but decided they should leave immediately afterwards. While serving the three, a girl, Tira , accidentally dropped a roll of bread onto the ground. She was seized and ordered to be whipped one hundred times for the crime. Before her punishment could commence, Lief said it was his fault the bread split.

Lief suspected correctly that the Ra-Kacharz would not punish him because he was a stranger to the rules, though he was warned not make a mistake again. Shortly after Lief returned to the table, Filli emerged from Jasmine's shirt and sent the people into a panic. The companions were captured while Filli was forced to flee into the city. Back in the meeting hall, Lief was commanded to pick a card labeled either Life or Death out of the sacred Cup to decide their fates.

Before he chose, Tira silently warned Lief that Reece had placed two Death cards in the Cup to ensure they died. Using the mind-clearing power of the Topaz, Lief pretended to trip and tossed one card into an open fireplace. Using the card in the Cup to determine Lief's fate, the eight Ra-Kacharz sent the companions to the dungeon. That night, Tira came to their cell to bring them food and water, which Reece had refused to bring.

The companions persuaded Tira release them and show them a way out of the city. She agreed to take them to the Hole, a garbage chute used to throw out food, though only the Ra-Kacharz could enter it and survive. She led them through the kitchens, where the companions saw two Ra-Kacharz selecting a small portion of food to be eaten on the morrow while the majority was to be thrown out.

Lief, who grew up in the starved streets of Del, was appalled at the sight of good food being wasted, but Tira insisted that the Ra-Kacharz were protecting the city by disposing of impure foods. The companions went through the door to a small room: to the left was a red door which led to the sleeping quarters of the Ra-Kacharz, and a metal grille barred the entrance to the Hole.

Tira left to gather the companion's weapons, but while she was gone, Reece emerged from the red door. He grabbed Jasmine and whipped at Lief and Barda, driving them towards the edge of the Hole. Fortunately Tira returned and hit him over the head with a frying pan.

Lief hurried Tira through the kitchen door and bolted it shut as three Ra-Kacharz emerged to battle the companions. Filli arrived to cause a distraction, and the Ra-Kacharz were defeated. The companions decided to wear the Ra-Kacharz's garments to avoid suspicion. While stripping them, they realised that each one had the Shadow Lord's brand on the back of their necks. Lief, Barda and Jasmine took Reece with them as a hostage and delved into the Hole. However, Reece was killed by the poisonous red fungi in the tunnel.

She met Lief and Barda in the Forests of Silence, and helped them get the first jewel, the topaz. After that, her mother Anna appeared to her in spirit form because the topaz lets you come into contact with the dead and told Jasmine to travel with Lief and Barda to find the jewels. At the end of the third series she married Lief and had three children. Kree is a raven who used to live in Thaegan's territory, but Thaegen killed his parents so he fled to the Forests of Silence where he met Jasmine.

He is very affectionate to Jasmine. He accompanied Jasmine, Lief and Barda on all three quests, warning others of danger by flying ahead. He later became and official messenger bird for the Palace.

Filli is a furry grey small creature who Jasmine found in the Forests of Silence. Like, Kree, he loves Jasmine a lot. He accompanied Jasmine, Lief and Barda on all three quests. Veritas is the amethyst dragon who is very truthful.

In the first half of this book, it follows Jarred and Endon, how the King of Deltora died, then Endon became King, Jarred fled from the castle, married Anna, and the Shadow Lord invaded. He is as Barda describes him 'a young hot-head' and spends the time he didn't have to spend on studying roaming the streets and both tempting and dodging trouble.

On his 16th birthday his father requested him to find the seven magical gems missing from the powerful belt of Deltora which used to protect the country and the Heir destined to wear it. He leaves Del soon after being accompanied by Barda. Very soon he finds himself in trouble again, this time, getting saved by the isolated girl named Jasmine, who later on joined his squad. Lief is tempted in many ways and by the end of the anime we see that he has not only grown in his bravery and strength, but also in his wisdom and patience.

He is, as shown in his journey through the shifting sands, afraid of being left alone. Source: Wikipedia Voice Actors.