Kivrin Engle

A historian and student at Oxford University in the year 2054, Kivrin wants to travel back in time to the Middle Ages and finally gains permission from Mr. Gilchrist. Kivrin has the tenacity and determination of youth and departs on the journey with optimistic hope. When she arrives and falls ill, she remains optimistic for some time but eventually realizes she's in serious trouble. When Kivrin realizes she is unable to understand the words of those around her, that she's too ill to make her way back to the drop site and that she doesn't know where the site is to get there on her own, she makes a note on her recorder that she wishes Mr. Dunworthy would come get her. Kivrin's faith in Dunworthy is eventually rewarded and it's he who does come to rescue her.

While Kivrin has prepared for everything she can imagine, there...