Beatrice Clayborn

Beatrice is the protagonist of the novel. She is one of the many ingenues at bargaining season in Bendleton, Chasland. The rest of the year, she lives in the countryside of Chasland with Mother, Father, and Harriet.

Beatrice is frustrated by how women are treated in the world. She hates that women are only allowed to practice magic in their old age whereas men get to learn magic at the chapterhouses from a young age. Beatrice is a critical thinker. She frequently examines various injustices of society and longs to change the world for the better. She is both wise and fiercely determined.

Beatrice is the antithesis of what a proper high-society lady should be. She feels more comfortable when engaged in traditionally male pursuits, such as hunting or business. She has no desire to be a mother or a wife. Unlike her sister Harriet, she does...