However, there was one thing I managed to do in seven minutes that most would say is quite impressive. I became queen.
-- Eadlyn as the Narrstor (chapter 1)

Importance: Eadlyn narrates this at the beginning of the narrative as she explains who she is and why. The quote serves to explain why she will be the queen and Ahren will not be the king. In addition, it serves to characterize Eadlyn as it shows the she likes the fact that she is the queen even though later she says that it can be too much at times. She thinks that the fact that she arrived seven minutes earlier than Ahren is impressive. She is also competitive as shown by the fact that she says that beat Ahren by seven minutes.

No matter how romantic he thought this was, all I could think of were the thirty-five loud, obnoxious, weird-smelling boys who were about to invade my home...
-- Eadlyn as the Narrator (chapter 4)